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AnswerJames Buchanan was at then end of his presidency when South Carolina originally succeeded from the Union. He deemed it unconstitutional to let them go, but also unconstitutional to fight to keep them. The reason South Carolina succeeded was because Lincoln had won the presidency, but he had not yet been sworn in.
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