It would boil again soon, and then catch fire. South Carolina's secession was the first in a series to occur before Abraham Lincoln's inauguration in March As if to instruct the rest of the South in the protocol of rebellion, South Carolina not only led the way in secession from the United States, but it would also provide the first battleground for the Civil War when Fort Sumter was fired upon by Confederate troops on April 12, Special thanks to James Barber, NPG historian, for discussing sectionalism and secession with me during the preparation of this article.
The Secession of South Carolina, December 20, Warren Perry. The escalating controversy over the expansion of slavery into the territory acquired from Mexico prompted South Carolina's secession crisis of - The Compromise of and the lack of broad-based support for secession in the South ended this crisis, but secessionists awaited their next opportunity.
The election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency in fulfilled their dreams of a republic for slaveholders. Secession and Path to War. The South Carolina General Assembly called for a convention to consider secession following news of Lincoln's victory. The body included four former governors, three future governors, four former US senators, and five former US congressmen. One hundred and fifty-three of the delegates held slaves in The delegates were primarily wealthy, middle-aged, slaveholding, native-born planters and lawyers.
They voted uanimously to secede from the federal Union. Charlestonians celebrated with bonfires, parades, and the ringing of church bells. Fire Eaters from South Carolina traveled throughout the South, acting as secession commissioners, to encourage other states to secede as well. South Carolina played an active role in the secession of additional states and the creation of the Confederate States of America.
The State of New Jersey, at an early day, passed a law in conformity with her constitutional obligation; but the current of anti-slavery feeling has led her more recently to enact laws which render inoperative the remedies provided by her own law and by the laws of Congress. In the State of New York even the right of transit for a slave has been denied by her tribunals; and the States of Ohio and Iowa have refused to surrender to justice fugitives charged with murder, and with inciting servile insurrection in the State of Virginia.
Thus the constituted compact has been deliberately broken and disregarded by the non-slaveholding States, and the consequence follows that South Carolina is released from her obligation. These ends it endeavored to accomplish by a Federal Government, in which each State was recognized as an equal, and had separate control over its own institutions.
The right of property in slaves was recognized by giving to free persons distinct political rights, by giving them the right to represent, and burthening them with direct taxes for three-fifths of their slaves; by authorizing the importation of slaves for twenty years; and by stipulating for the rendition of fugitives from labor.
We affirm that these ends for which this Government was instituted have been defeated, and the Government itself has been made destructive of them by the action of the non-slaveholding States. Those States have assume the right of deciding upon the propriety of our domestic institutions; and have denied the rights of property established in fifteen of the States and recognized by the Constitution; they have denounced as sinful the institution of slavery; they have permitted open establishment among them of societies, whose avowed object is to disturb the peace and to eloign the property of the citizens of other States.
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