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 at the North knew not how to deal with this. Bu-chan-an did not know what it was best to do. He saw the fires of war start up. When the time to choose a new Pres-i-dent came, the South said that if the choice fell on Lin-coln they would leave the Un-ion, as they thought he would side too much with the slaves. The vote was for Lin-coln, so they put their threat in force.

South Car-o-lin-a was the first to lead. In 1860 she said from that time she would not bear the laws of the Un-ion but would make some of her own. Six more states cut loose and set up as free from the laws which bound them to the North. In streets in towns of the South were heard bells and shouts of joy. These states chose Jef-fer-son Da-vis to be their head.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

The North thought all the states in this land should be as one, and that those which had gone off should be made to come back. This brought a great strife and such was the way things stood when Bu-chan-an's term was out. He then went to his home at Wheat-land and met his death in 1868.