If I may be so bold, exactly what did Buchanan do that was so bad. The same goes for Pierce, and I know what will be alluded to, something about the failed War for Southern Independence. My question though is, what could Buchanan and Pierce have done to forestall it?
Have you ever heard about the Civil War? His policies exacerbated regional tensions and pretty much made the Civil War inevitable.
And it's the Civil War. No slavery, no "southern independence."