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N 1860; process of secession in; agitation of dis-unionists in; State
loyalty

in; justified by Greeley and others; threatens North;
repudiates Peace Congress; its leaders in Congress remain to hamper
government; forms Confederacy; expects Scott to aid; wishes to seize
Washington; impressed by Lincoln's inaugural; its real grievance the
refusal of North to
admit validity of slavery; its doctrine of secession; "Union

men" in; makes
secession, not slavery, the ground of war; irritated at failure of
secession to affect North; purpose of Lincoln to put in the wrong;
rejoices over capture of Sumter; compared with North in fighting
qualities; elated over Bull Bun; its strength overestimated
by McClellan; expects aid from Northern sympathizers;
hopes of aid from England disappointed;
after Chancellorsville, wishes to invade North and conquer a peace,
see vol. ii.; welcomes Vallandigham; economically exhausted in 1863;
reconstruction in; applauds McClellan; evidently exhausted in 1864;
hopes of Lincoln to make its surrender easy. South Carolina, desires
secession,

see vol. i.; suggests it to other States; secedes; sends
commissioners to treat for division of property with United States;
refusal of Buchanan to receive; refuses to participate in Peace
Congress; besieges Fort Sumter. Spangler, Edward, aids Booth to
escape, see vol. ii.; tried by court martial; condemned.