This idea of leaving the Union secession split North and South just as much as slavery.

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Then,in eighteen fifty, Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky offered a compromise to avoid secession, and a likely war between the North and the South.

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He warned that the war which would follow southern secession would be long and bloody.

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He wanted to say clearly what his policy would be on slavery and secession.

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Northerners did not like his declaration of federal weakness in the face of secession.

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Soon after it was read to Congress, South Carolina opened its secession convention.

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Most of the congressmen from states in the deep south supported secession.

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President Buchanan had to settle for a moderate policy statement on secession.

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"Peaceable secession! Your eyes and mine will never see that happen.

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The issue of slavery was linked to the issue of secession.

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The second proposal was a strong policy statement on secession.

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Southerners did not like his declaration that secession was unconstitutional.

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A majority of the delegates refused to vote for secession.

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"Let us not speak of the possibility of secession.

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He said he opposed secession and loved the Union.

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There can be no such thing as peaceable secession.

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The South Carolina Governor asked Lamon to give Lincoln this message: "Nothing can prevent war except a decision by the President of the United States to accept the secession of the South.

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Secession would not open the territories to slavery.

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Northerners disagreed. They said secession was treason.

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A committee wrote a secession resolution.

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Johnson opposed this secession.

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"Secession!" He called out.

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