In the Election of 1860, Douglass had alienated the South and due to Dred Scott, was extremely unpopular. The Democratic party was now split as the Southern Whigs and Know-Nothings, due to this divide, the Republicans had a leg up. Lincoln said that, "The normal condition of all the territories of the United States is that of freedom." (Liberty and Power 420). The nation had four candidates to choose from, which led to such disunion. Lincoln was part of the Republican party, who publicly advocated against slavery, and his win in the election brought fear from the South to fruition. The divide was clear between the North and South, and the only thing for Southerners to do is implement it, through secession. Secession was imminent but they didn’t
