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JAN, 1861EconomicSeizure of Federal Forts and Arsenals
Social 3 9 10 11 19 26DE not MS FL AL GA LASecede St of West
Political 12 27 29 Seward Seward KS Conciliation Speech Unionist admitted Ltr
NORTH – Change of attitude – seizures and Star of the West
SOUTH – Shift to secession – Star of the West and Anderson’s move to Sumter
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Secession in the Gulf States
DEC 20, 1860 – South CarolinaJAN 9, 1861 – Mississippi
JAN 10, 1861 – FloridaJAN 11, 1861 – AlabamaJAN 19, 1861 – Georgia
JAN 26, 1861 – LouisianaFEB 23, 1861 – Texas
Secession in Georgia – January 19, 1861Howell Cobb Alexander Stephens
-“Razor-thin vote possibly manipulated by Gov Joe Brown- Mountain counties along TN border threatened to secede.- Counties along FL border become hideouts for deserters.
167 X 129
Yea Nay
FEB, 1861Economic Seizure of Federal Forts and Arsenals
Social1 11 15 18 22 23Lincoln Lvs Lee Conf Lincoln TXPosition Sprngfld Recalled Inaug Baltimore LincolnSpeech in DC
Political 1 11 27Border St Non-inter VA PeaceConventions Guarantee Conference Adjourns
NORTH – Waits. Attitudes toward def of Fed property harden.
SOUTH – Attitudes on secession harden listening to Republicans
MAR, 1861 Economic 1 21Confederate Tariff Morrill Tariff
Social 1 5 11 19 28Cab Mtg Reinf Confed Fox to Fox Forts Const Chas rtns
Political 2 4 6 8 27 28 29Seward 36 th Douglas Conf Rept on Scott ReprovUltimat Cong defends Comm Unanimity Evac Sumter Corwin Lincoln
NORTH – Lincoln realizes South is serious.
SOUTH – Wait and see.
“I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the
institution of slavery in the states where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no
inclination to do so.”
A Lincoln, 1st Inaugural
March 3, 1861
Lincoln’s Republican Position
“My official duty is to save the Union and is not to either save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I
would do it – and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it.”
Letter to Horace Greeley, August 1862
ART. 13. No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State.
March 2, 1861
The Corwin Amendment -the “Ghost” 13th Amendment
“Attempting to conquer the seceded states will entail a 2-3 year war that will require a massive army, incur tremendous loss of life
on both sides and cost at least a quarter-billion dollars. And the result will be 15
devastated provinces not to be brought into harmony with their conquerors but to be held
for generations by heavy garrisons – at an expense quadruple the net duties or taxes it
would be possible to extract from them – followed by a Protector or Emperor.”
GEN Winfield Scott, MAR 3, 1861 in a letter to Lincoln
Every law, or resolution having the force of law, shall relate to but one subject, and that shall be
expressed in the title
Confederate Constitution – MAR 11, 1861
No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro
slaves shall be passed [by Congress]
Line item veto – could be over-ridden by 2/3rds vote
Single 6 year presidential term
1 – Morrill Tariff in effect
APR, 1861Economic
Social 1 4 6 10 12 14 15Anderson Linc Chas Fleet Sumter Sumter 75K1 week ords batts sails attacked evac volunteers reprov fire
Political 4 6 18 20Lincoln Notifies Lee offered LeeMeets SC of Fed Army goesGuvs Reprov South
NORTH/SOUTH – Wait for the inevitable.
The 75K Call for Volunteers
Why 75K??
The exact number of arms confiscated by the Disunionists from Southern
forts and armories.
MAY, 1861
Economic
Social
Political 6 20 23 AR NC VA secedes secedes secedes
Both sides see a short war.
SecessionDEC 20, 1860 – South Carolina
JAN 9, 1861 – MississippiJAN 10, 1861 – Florida
JAN 11, 1861 – AlabamaJAN 19, 1861 – Georgia
JAN 26, 1861 – LouisianaFEB 23, 1861 – Texas
MAY 6, 1861 - ArkansasMAY 23, 1861 – Virginia
MAY 20, 1861 – North CarolinaJUN 8, 1861 – TennesseeOCT 31, 1861 – MissouriNOV 20, 1861 - Kentucky