James Buchanan

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David L. will be very pleased that I am directing your attention to a 2010 article in the New York Times - sort of a tongue-in-cheek (but fairly accurate) appraisal of what Buchanan did and did not do to prevent war. Personally, I think war was inevitable and it was just a matter of time before the powder keg would explode. Even if the Southern states were allowed to secede and form their own government in 1861, there would always be someone (north and south) to throw a monkey wrench into things at some point.

https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/20...-too-late/