Turning on the Light: A Dispassionate Survey of President Buchanan’s Administration, From 1860 to its Close, by Horatio King

The Die is Cast

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Washington, November 7, 1860. My Dear Sir,—The die is cast, and Lincoln is elected. Shall we now fan the flame of disunion, or shall we exert our influence toward calming the already excited sentiment of the South? What course should we, here in the District of Columbia, pursue? Should we join hands with the disunionists [...]

Turning on the Light: A Dispassionate Survey of President Buchanan’s Administration, From 1860 to its Close, by Horatio King