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Buchanan's state-of-the-union address... The secession crisis...
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Buchanan's state-of-the-union address... The secession crisis...

Item # 714030 ·
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NEWYORK SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, Dec. 7, 1860  


* President James Buchanan's State of the Union Address
* Southern tensions on the rise - Prelude to the Civil War

With Lincoln's election determined, much national focus is on the slavery issue and the secession of Southern states. 
Most of the front page is taken up with: "THE SECESSION MOVEMENT" "From South Carolina" "Feeling In Kentucky" "The Great Conflict".
Inside includes a state-by-state chart headed: "The Presidential Contest" "The Electoral Colleges".
Over a full page inside is taken up with the annual state-of-the-union address by the President, headed: "THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE" signed in type at its conclusion: James Buchanan. Not surprisingly there is much concerning the pending secession crisis.
Eight pages, good condition.

Item from last month's catalog - #368 - released for July, 2026

Category: Pre-Civil War
No Longer Available
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.