President Lincoln's role as head of state was to carry out the executive functions outlined in the constitution for the Executive. Also, he had to deal with the Civil War, and make efforts to prevent the secession of the South.
US president Lincoln and many others believed that secession was a dangerous act. It would split the US into two separate nations and produce two that were weaker than a unified Union. Lincoln also believed that secession within the South, could also lead to other secessions in the future among different parts of the US. He also believed that as the chief executive, he had the duty to protect Federal property such as forts. Lincoln was a strong unionist and saw only problems if states could secede from the Union.
Lincoln's rejection of the Crittenden compromise, because it would have allowed some extension of slavery.
It gave the way to enact their plan for the Reconstruction of the South, based upon the idea that the former Confederate States had to suffer all the consequences of their secession and the war they had lost.
Well, the immediate cause of secession deals with slaves and the rights of the civil war. Figure the rest out, because I can't
Federal Right
He was right.
The issues that led to the secession had been festering for a long time, but it was the election of Abraham Lincoln that precipitated the secession.
Lincolnbelieved the Southern Secession should be met with force. Lincolnthought it was illegal.
Both presidents Lincoln and Buchanan believed that secession was unconstitutional. They did differ, however, on one important point. Buchanan, unlike Lincoln, however, did not believe that the federal government had the constitutional power to resist secession through the use of force.
As illegal and a violation of the US Constitution.
The election of Lincoln as president.
Martial Law
Slavery and the election of Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln's Presidency
Lincoln's Presidency
President Jefferson Davis.