Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I.

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XXII. Secession.

• Legislature called
-- Gov. Gist's Message -- Senator Chesnut's speech -- Boyce -- Moses -- Trenholm -- McGowan -- Mullins -- Ruffin -- Judge Magrath resigns -- military Convention in Georgia -- votes to secede -- facilities to Disunion -- Houston -- Letcher -- Magofiln -- Conway -- C. F. Jackson -- Alex. H. Stephens -- S. C. Convention -- Ordinance of Secession immediately and unanimously passed -- Georgia follows — so do Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas -- Arkansas, North Carolina, Virginia, Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware, refuse to do likewise -- the Secessionista a minority in the Slave States.

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the choice of Presidential Electors, which formerly took place at the discretion of the several States within a limited range, is now required, by act of Congress, to be made on the same day throughout — namely, on the Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday in November. This fell, in 1860, on the 6th of the month; and it was known, before that day had fully expired, that Abraham Lincoln had been clearly designated by the People for their next president, through the choice by his supporters of a majority of the whole number of Electors. Every Free State but New Jersey had chosen the entire Lincoln Electoral ticket; and in New Jersey the refusal of part of the Douglas men to support the “Fusion” ticket (composed of three Douglas, two Bell, and two Breckinridge men), had allowed four of the Lincoln Electors to slip in over the two Bell and the two Breckinridge Electors on the regular Democratic ticket. The three Lincoln Electors who had to confront the full vote of the coalesced anti-Republican parties were defeated by about 4,500 majority. And, although this was not ascertained that night, nor yet the fact that California and Oregon had gone with the other free States, yet there were 169 Lincoln Electors chosen (out of 303) outside of these three States; with, these, Mr. Lincoln had 180, to 123 for all others. Of these, Breckinridge had 72; Bell 39 (from Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee); and Douglas barely 12--those of Missouri (9) and 3, as aforesaid, from New Jersey. But, though nowhere in the Electoral, Mr. Douglas was second in the Popular, vote, as will be seen by the following table, wherein the “Fusion” vote is divided between the parties which contributed to it, according to the best estimate that can now be made of their strength respectively:

Free states.

States.	Lincoln.	Douglas.	Breckinridge.	Bell.
Maine	62,811	26,693	6,368	2,046
New Hampshire	37,519	25,881	2,112	441
Massachusetts	106,353	34,372	5,939	22,331
Rhode Island	12,244	14,000	21,000	2,707
Connecticut	43,972	15,522	14,641	3,291
Vermont	33,808	6,849	218	1,969
New York	353,804	3203,329	450,000	550,000
New Jersey	58,324	630,000	730,000	82,801
Pennsylvania	268,030	978,871	10100,000	12,776
Ohio	231,610	187,232	11,405	12,194
Indiana	139,033	115,509	12,295	5,306
Illinois	172,161	160,215	2,404	4,913
Michigan	88,480	65,057	805	405
Wisconsin	86,110	65,021	888	161
Minnesota	22,069	11,920	748	62
Iowa	70,409	55,111	1,048	1,748
California	39,173	38,516	34,334	6,817
Oregon	5,270	3,951	5,006	183
Total Free States	1,831,180	1,128,049	279,211	130,151

Slave states.

States.	Lincoln.	Douglas.	Breckinridge.	Bell.
Delaware	3,815	1,023	7,337	3,864
Maryland	2,294	5,966	42,482	41,760
Virginia	1,929	16,290	74,323	74,681
North Carolina	(no ticket)	2,701	48,539	44,990
South Carolina	[Chosen by the Legislature.]
Georgia	(no ticket)	11,590	51,889	42,886
Alabama	(no ticket)	13,651	48,831	27,875
Mississippi	(no ticket)	3,283	40,797	25,040
Kentucky	1,364	25,651	53,143	66,058
Tennessee	(no ticket)	11,350	64,209	69,274
Missouri	17,028	58,801	31,317	58,372
Arkansas	(no ticket)	5,227	28,732	20,094
Louisiana	(no ticket)	7,625	22,681	20,204
Florida	(no ticket)	367	8,543	5,437
Texas	(no ticket)	(no ticket)	47,548	1115,438
Total Slave States	26,430	163,525	570,871	515,973
Grand Total	1,857,610	1,291,574	850,082	646,124