But the Secessionists all came from the party that elected him President, and the Abolitionists had all voted against him.

The Abolitionists, in which phrase Mr.Buchanan included all men of anti-slavery conviction, had no opportunity, even if they had desired, to confer with the President, while the Secessionists from old and friendly association, were in daily and intimate relations with him.

They undoubtedly persuaded the President by the most plausible arguments that they were not in fault; that the whole responsibility lay at the door of the Northern anti-slavery men; and that, if these disturbers of the peace could be suppressed, all would be well.

It was under these influences, artfully insinuated and persistently plied, that Mr.Buchanan was induced to write his mischievous and deplorable message of the first Monday of December, 1860,--a message whose evil effect can never be estimated, and whose evil character can hardly be exaggerated.
The President informed Congress that "the long-continued and intemperate interference of the Northern people with the question of slavery in the Southern States has at last produced its natural effect.

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