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In Montgomery, a provisional constitution was unanimously adopted. The new constitution was similar to the U.S. Constitution, but the federal government was prohibited from enacting protective tariffs or subsidizing favored businesses. In addition, slavery and state sovereignty were strongly protected. Jefferson Davis of Mississippi, a former U.S. senator and secretary of war, was selected to become the first provisional president of the new Confederacy.
Meanwhile Puma First Rounds, after delivering a farewell address to the people of his home town, U.S. President-elect Abraham Lincoln left Springfield, Illinois en route to Washington, DC. Along the way, Lincoln’s train made many stops and Lincoln gave speeches attempting to calm the fanaticism that was sweeping both North and South. In Pittsburgh, Lincoln declared, "There is really no crisis except for an artificial one!" Nearly a quarter million people gathered in New York City to greet the president-elect. But as he prepared to leave Philadelphia for Washington, trouble arose.
To get to Washington, Lincoln’s train had to pass through Baltimore, an intensely pro-southern city. Rumors spread that Lincoln was targeted for assassination once he reached Baltimore. To thwart conspirators, Lincoln traveled through the city in the dark of night Puma Shoes, arriving in Washington in the early morning of February 23. Lincoln was widely criticized for this undignified arrival in the nation’s capital.
Two Presidents-Elect
On February 11, two men left their homes for their respective national capitals. Jefferson Davis left his Briarfield Plantation in Mississippi for Montgomery, arriving at the provisional Confederate capital on February 16. Davis’s inauguration sparked mass celebrations throughout the South, and "Dixie," a northern song, soon became the southern anthem.
Texas became the seventh state to secede from the Union. Brevet Major General David Twiggs surrendered several U.S. military posts to the Texas state militia, an act which many in Washington considered an act of treason. The Texas legislature appointed delegates to attend a convention in Montgomery, Alabama to create a new, independent nation.
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Fort Sumter Prompts More Southern Secession
The Civil War in March 1861
The US Civil War in April 1861
The Peace Convention
Texas Secedes
By this time, secession had given southerners resolve to form their own independent government. However northerners were frustrated, anxious and confused. Some northerners argued that the southern states had a constitutional right to break from the Union and welcomed their departure. Others argued that secession was illegal, but stopping it was not worth going to war. Others continued working toward a peaceful reconciliation, and still others sought to preserve the Union by force.
In Washington, a "peace convention" of 131 delegates from 21 states had been discussing potential compromises throughout the month. Although none of the seceded states participated, the convention was led by a southerner: former President John Tyler. The convention adjourned on February 27 after submitting its proposals to Congress.
The proposals included six constitutional amendments protecting slavery in the South and prohibiting it in the North. These proposals satisfied few people and when the Senate rejected them, Tyler recommended that his home state of Virginia secede from the Union.
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