Quote#Homeland
Another portion say that, if a Republican President is elected, they…
Quote byBenjamin Stanton · 1809–1872
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech (1860).
English (original)
Another portion say that, if a Republican President is elected, they will secede from the confederacy, and organize a separate and independent Confederacy of their own. Whether that constitutes treason or not, is a matter of opinion, and may be a matter of controversy; but it is, nevertheless, equally fatal to the perpetuity of the existing Government and the existing institutions of the country.
— Benjamin Stanton
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