But many Americans saw the 1860 election as an opportunity to turn the tide against Slave Power. Because the North vastly ...

A: The election of Lincoln ... then against the South generally. And in every bit of correspondence that I have examined, there is resentment...against the North because of what they perceive ...

What happens now will entirely depend on how much tolerance each side will have as a result of who is elected. If either side turns the result of the election into violent actions, the country could ...