He was from Pennsylvania, wasn't he? If he had been from the South, he would have probably ordered Anderson back to Washington.
He was from Pennsylvania, wasn't he? If he had been from the South, he would have probably ordered Anderson back to Washington.
Doughfaced Democrat Buchanan was the best friend the slave-power ever had, witness his behind-the-scenes work on Dred Scott.
Had Buchanan been from the South, or had he been reelected in 1860 there would be no secession period, so Fort Sumter would be unknown to history outside Charleston, and Major Anderson likely never sent there.