Cika wannan jumla:
A taron Jam'iyyar Republican na 1856, jam'iyyar ta amince da tsarin kasa wanda ya jaddada adawa da fadada bautar da ke cikin yankunan Amurka. Duk da yake dan takarar Republican John C. Frémont ya rasa zaben shugaban kasa na Amurka na 1856 zuwa Democrat doughface James Buchanan, Buchanan kawai ya sami nasarar lashe jihohi hudu daga cikin jihohi goma sha huɗu na arewacin, ya lashe jiharsa ta Pennsylvania a takaice.