Kammala wannan magana: Tsarin siyasa na Ibrahim Lincoln da na 'yan Republican a 1860 shi ne dakatar da fadada bautar. Masanin tarihi James McPherson ya ce a cikin sanannun "
Gidan da aka raba" jawabi a shekara ta 1858, Lincoln ya ce za a iya tsarkake jamhuriyar Amurka ta hanyar hana kara fadada bautar a matsayin mataki na farko don sanya shi a kan hanyar zuwa 'halaka ta ƙarshe.' 'Yan Kudu sun dauki Lincoln a kan maganarsa. Lokacin da ya lashe shugabancin, sun bar Union don guje wa 'ƙaddarar' bautar. "