Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Mr. Buchanan” in volume 1, chapter 8 of William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman .:

...d diminish the chances of civil war, because a bold and determined front would deter the General Government from any measures of coercion. About this time also, viz., early in December, we received Mr. Buchanan 's annual message to Congress, in which he publicly announced that the General Government had no constitutional power to coerce a State. I confess this staggered me, and I feared that the prophecie...
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