Hist 2010 1st Edition Lecture 29Outline of Last LectureNorthern & Southern Views on Slavery in the TerritoriesII. Moving From Compromise to Secession, 1850-1859Outline of Current LectureI. Toward Secession , 1860-1861The Union is Dissolved!I. Toward Secession, 1860-1861A. The South Contemplates Secession1. Southern Concerns2. Southern ReluctanceB. Election of 18601. Republicans Expand Their Political Base To appeal to their voters and more northern states If they win the election they will … Tax on imports Internal improvements: road bridges, railroads Homestead act Choosing a candidate they would choose one who appealed to the people such as Abe Lincoln2. Abraham Lincoln (IL) Not an abolitionist  Free soiler So selecting linking as the candidate he would appeal to more northerners Encouraged by the secession of the southern states and over time passions will cool and loyalist will re take over the governments and that will dissolve  Overtime everything will cool downLincoln on Slavery- if slavery isn’t wrong then nothing else is wrong- believed in that all men were created equally - believed that they should be treated as equalThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- believed it was an embarrassment of the US, hypocrites to the rest of the world - believed that the government did not have the power to end it right then and there- he understood that if slavery spread it would thrive but if it was contained it would die 3. Disarray in the Democratic Party Very important and the party splits Never a good idea for the spit Northern and Southern wings over slavery in the territories Southerners demanded that the Dred Scott decision must be enforced Northerners they could accept popular sovereignty Southern Democrats (John C. Breckinridge)- Meeting and choose their own candidate- Enforcement of Dred ScottNorthern Democrats (Stephen Douglas)- Choose little giant- Popular sovereignty 4. Constitutional Union Party Keep the union together from breaking it apart 5. Lincoln Becomes the President Nov. 1860 Lincoln wins  The republican capture both houses of congress as well  He carried 0 southern states, elected without one southern electoral vote The south has become irrelevant in presidential elections  Republicans can elect presidents at willReassures Southerners- Lincoln ”I am not slave threat to slavery where it already exists”- He was even willing to support a amendment where it already existsLincoln’s Promises not Enough- But a plank in platform he did not want to see slavery spread into territory- Every territory that comes a state is a free state and gives republicans more power in the national government - Now that they control two branches it’s is only a matter of time before they control the third branch - Means that republicans can pass whatever they law they want C. The Movement for Secession1. South Carolina Leads the Way (Dec. 20, 1860) They hold a convention, they have one issue to decide on whether not to leave the union They all vote to leave the Union Frist to secede the union 2. Lower South Secedes TX,LA,MS,AL,FL,GA,SC3. Confederate States of America (Feb. 4, 1861) They send delegates to Montgomery, AL These 7 states make their own country Hold elections and write a constitution and form their own countryJefferson Davis (MS)- First and only president of the confederate states of america4. Conditional and Unconditional Unionists They had a strong attachment to the Union Took the US constitution and made word for word except for the articles about slavery Unconditionally Unionist: southerners who would remain loyal to the union no matter what, there loyalty was unconditional, north of the south where slavery was not as prevalent and not as dominate.  Conditional Unionist: resided in the border states - Slavery must be protected where it exists- Feds could not you cohesion against the states that have seceded can’t expect a southern state to fight against another southern stateD. The Search for Compromise1. Crittenden Compromise Took Clay’s position Takes the proposals that he receives and wraps them into one big proposal 1. protect slavery in the states where it exists2. extend the 36’30’’ line all the way to CA3. any fugitive slave that could not be recovered the government would pay you forthe uncovered slaves kicker these would become amendments of the US constitution  was directed to please the south2. Lincoln Misreads Southern Unionism He instructs the republicans and congressman to defeat this compromise  Because he througth that they were unionist II. Toward War, 1861A. Firing on Ft. Sumter (April 12, 1861)B. Lincoln Calls for Volunteers (April 15)C. Upper South States Secede1. West Virginia D. Border States1. Maryland2. Kentucky3. MissouriIII. Did South Act Prematurely?IV. War Over