A pictorial school history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States . 92 BUCHANAN S ADMINISTRATION. III. The Democraticparty _was divided be-tween Stephen , of Illinois,and John C. Breckin-ridge, of Kentucky,The Republican party,opposed to the furtherextension of slavery,nominated AbrahamLincoln, of Illinois;while the Americaaparty presented for itscandidate John ,of Tennessee. Afteran exciting canvass, inwhich the slavery ques-tion w^as the all-ab-sorbing one, the elec-tion resulted in thesuccess of the
A pictorial school history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States . 92 BUCHANAN S ADMINISTRATION. III. The Democraticparty _was divided be-tween Stephen , of Illinois,and John C. Breckin-ridge, of Kentucky,The Republican party,opposed to the furtherextension of slavery,nominated AbrahamLincoln, of Illinois;while the Americaaparty presented for itscandidate John ,of Tennessee. Afteran exciting canvass, inwhich the slavery ques-tion w^as the all-ab-sorbing one, the elec-tion resulted in thesuccess of the Repub-lican AYhen it became known that Lincoln w^ould be thenext President, public meetings were held in Charleston andelsewhere in South Carolina, at which resolutions wereadopted in favor of the secession of the State from the L^ pursuance of a special act of the South Carolina legisla-ture, delegates were elected to assemble in convention atColumbia on the 17th of December, 1860. • They accordinglymet, but, in consequence of the prevalence of small-pox inthat city, an adjournment to Charleston took place, where, on. III. Questions.—6. IIow was the Democratic party divided ? T. Who were theother candidates ? 8. To what was the Hei)ublican party opposed ? 9. What wasthe result of the election ? IV. 10. When Lincolns success became known, how did the people of SouthCarolina act ? 11. What convention was held in the State? 12. What was done bythe convention ? BUCHANAN S ADMINISTRATION, 293 the 20th of December, an ordinance of secession was unani-mously passed. V. In the mean time a great deal of interest was felt re-specting the forts inCharleston harbor, onlyone of which — FortMoultrie — was garri-soned. Threats hadbeen uttered and demon-strations made whichrendered it probablethat they would beseized by the SouthCarolinians. Towardsthe close of December,as the danger of an at-tack upon Fort Moultriebecame more imminent,the commander. MajorAnderson,*
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