MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!
Kalwejt
Atlas Institution
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« on: December 03, 2011, 10:22:35 AM » |
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James Buchanan earned his reputation as one of the worsts U.S. President mostly because of his failure to act in the face of secession.
The question is, what should have Buchanan do?
I think the major problem here, outside of his desire to avoid more mess as long as he's still in office, was his status as lame-duck when secession started and perhaps, in addition to his "secession is illegal, but doing something to prevent it is illegal too" attitude, he simply did not feel empowered to act with his successor already elected.
But let's assume for a moment Buchanan decided to act despite of all this. What should he have do?
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