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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Democracy In America, Volume 1 by Alexis de Toqueville: perceives that it is losing its federal influence, and that the
number of its representatives in Congress is diminishing from
year to year, whilst those of the Northern and Western States are
increasing; the South, which is peopled with ardent and irascible
beings, is becoming more and more irritated and alarmed. The
citizens reflect upon their present position and remember their
past influence, with the melancholy uneasiness of men who suspect
oppression: if they discover a law of the Union which is not
unequivocally favorable to their interests, they protest against
it as an abuse of force; and if their ardent remonstrances are
not listened to, they threaten to quit an association which loads
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