[FLT-bird]

Exactly what had the Buchanan Administration done to limit self Government in the South

Obviously it wasn't the Buchanan administration only. The complaints about partisan sectional legislation had been longstanding. The Tariff of Abominations and the Nullification Crisis were a generation earlier. There had been constant sparring between the regions over a range of issues.

[Bull Snipe]

Would they have seceded if Breckenridge had been elected?