At the reconvening of the Democratic (constitutionalist) 36th Constitutional Congress, Democratic President Buchanan condemns secession as unlawful, but admits he has no power to stop it.
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Authority:
Article II, Section 3
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References:
Bruce Catton, The Civil War, (New York: American Heritage, 1960; Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1987), 282.
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