Board Thread:New on Alternative History/@comment-72.185.4.15-20130303025444/@comment-6884305-20130307122402

I'm listening, but I'm trying to find a hole in your argument!

Here is some more ammo for my side. From Wiki article on 1860 election:

1) Douglas, a moderate on the slavery issue favored " popular sovereignty "

2) At reconvened convention in Baltimore, " 110 Southern delegates (led by "Fire-Eaters") walked out when the convention would not adopt a resolution supporting extending slavery into territories whose voters did not want it."

So, it seems the fireeaters -- representing the first seven states to secede -- did not accept Douglas as their candidate and possibly not as their president.