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Thanks very much. It sounds as though Yancey may have been as crazy as a box of rattlesnakes.

As far as not being able to make an argument for secession after a Douglas election, that is exactly what I have been trying to do.

It sounds as though what I need to do is find evidence that there were enough fireeaters to lead seven states to secede because a popular soverienty candidate (Douglas) was elected.

In other words, that the Breckenridge supporters were largely devoted to secession if their candidate were to lose.