Source #1: 1861, cornerstone speech upon georgia’s announcement of secession, alexander stephens, [congressman from georgia before civil war and during
reconstruction, governor of georgia after reconstruction, vice president of the confederate states of america during the civil war.]
“the general opinion of the men of that day [revolutionary period] was, that, somehow or other, in the order of providence, the institution [slavery] would be
evanescent and pass away our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas; its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great
truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition.”

source #2: 1868, alexander stephens, reflections on the civil war
“the conflict, on this question of slavery… from the beginning, was not a contest between the advocates or opponents of that peculiar institution, but a contest… between the supporters of a strictly
confederated government on one side, and a thoroughly national one, on the other… it was a strife between the principles of states’ rights and centralism.”

using the two excerpts on the previous page as well as your knowledge of history to answer the following questions.
a. briefly explain one major difference between these two accounts.
b. briefly explain one additional piece of outside information (historical evidence) that would support the first position.
c. briefly explain one additional piece of outside information (historical evidence) that would support the second position