Secession is simply a refusal to obey those laws. It may not take that form at the outset, -- but it must come to that in the end. South Carolina may resolve upon secession, -- may declare herself ...

What is secession? It is a withdrawal from the Union, -- a termination of the partnership with the other States. If South Carolina secedes, she no longer holds herself bound by the Federal ...

Lincoln won the presidential election in November 1860. But he would not actually ... tensions continued to build between the North and South. The South did not want Lincoln to be the President.