The Missouri compromise and its effect on slavery

The Missouri compromise really changed north and the south and where slavery was allowed. When you look at America at the time every where above the mason Dixon line was free and everywhere below was a slave state. The people of Missouri were intrigued by the idea of slavery and wanted to become a slave state but since it was above the mason Dixon line it was not allowed. After a bitter battle in congress Missouri was allowed to become a slave state on the condition that Maine previously part of the state of Missouri become a free state. Also except for Missouri other states above the were not allowed to become slave states. This act told the people of the south because it established the principle that Congress could make laws regarding slavery. On the other hand northerners didn't like it because it encouraged slave states above the mason dixon line. 

Idea of Justice

Justice is a very tight subject in the United states, due to recent events the justice system in america has been questioned, In recent news Ferguson has been questioned about its justice system, Also if we take a step back to 13 years ago the world trade center was shot down by terrorist once again questioning our  system of justice. Let us also not forget what happens when the justice system is threatened, the idea of justice completely changes. For example if an american kills someone he is diagnosed as mentally ill while on the other hand when a foreigner kills someone it is an act of terrorism. So in this way the idea of justice is changed, this is not just a new problem if we look back to the time of slavery we can see that, even then the idea of justice was different. We can observe this from Lincolns debate with Fredrick Douglas, when Lincoln addresses the fact that the sin of slavery has been committed yet there is nothing that he can do about it " My first impulse would be to free all the slaves, and send them to Liberia...If they were all landed there in a day, they would all perish in the next ten days; and there are not surplus shipping and surplus money enough in the world to carry them there in many times ten days.". Here he outlines that the system of justice cannot be acted upon if there is no idea of justice.

Natural liberty is the idea that men are given a liberty by god when they are born, namely life and the pursuit of happiness. This natural liberty is also mentioned in the declaration of independence where it says  "that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." (Declaration of independence). This idea is further explained in John Winthrop speech on liberty. He explains that this is the liberty that a man shares with a beast. This means that we are both given the liberty of life and the pursuit of happiness, One can also go further and say that what separates a man and a beast is civil or moral liberty, which is the moral values that society wants one to uphold. this is also explained by John Winthrop as the covenant between man and his lord. If a person only shows natural liberty with out civil liberty he is branded as a "savage" in society. My personal opinion is that someone without civil liberty is not a savage but a man without the knowledge of equal rights therefore it is not his fault to be branded as a savage. Rather it is societies fault that he isn't educated about his civil rights therefore not allowing him to have that trait.