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To: DiogenesLamp

Would they have left if Breckenridge got elected?


148 posted on 04/29/2019 7:47:01 PM PDT by Bull Snipe
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To: Bull Snipe
Would they have left if Breckenridge got elected?

Probably not. Those advocating secession needed some sort of event to rally around, and they chose Lincoln because they could construct a narrative that people in their states might believe.

Just guessing. I don't know for sure what they would have done, but you can bet they noticed how much vigorish they were paying to New York and Washington. I think they would have tried something at some point in the not to distant future from 1860.

151 posted on 04/29/2019 7:58:50 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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