Northern Editorials on Secession, Volume 1

Abolitionism Abolitionists Abraham Lincoln administration agitation amendment American anti-slavery Articles of Confederation believe border Breckinridge Buchanan citizens civil coerce coercion compromise concessions Confederation Congress Constitution Convention cotton Crittenden Compromise Daily danger declared demand democratic deny dissolution disunion doctrine Douglas duty editors election enforce evil Executive existence fact federacy Federal Government feeling force Fort Sumter freedom fugitive slave law hope hostility idea independent institutions interests issue labor legislation liberty Lincoln majority ment millions Missouri Compromise moral nation negro never North Northern opinion patriotic peace peaceable platform political present preserve President principle propose proposition prosperity protection question race reason rebellion remedy Republic Republican party resistance revolution right of secession rope of sand secede Senate sentiment settled Slave Power slaveholding slavery South Carolina Southern Confederacy sovereign sovereignty spirit stand territory things tion traitors treason Union United vote whole wrong