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Hypocrisy of the North

How No Treason develops Hypocrisy of the North.

The author condemns the North for waging war to compel obedience while claiming to uphold government by consent, calling this a self-contradictory and fraudulent justification for the Civil War.

Where it surfaces

  • I

    The North's claim to uphold government by consent while waging a war of force to compel submission is the chapter's central critique.

  • V

    Implicitly critiques the Northern claim to a free government while potentially applying a despotic definition of treason.

  • XIX

    The North's claims of abolishing slavery and preserving liberty are exposed as frauds masking their true motive of economic domination.