Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ibrahim Lincoln da 'yan Jamhuriyar Republican' siyasa a 1860 shine su dakatar da fadada bautar. Masanin tarihi James McPherson ya ce a cikin sanannen littafinsa "House Divided
" jawabin a 1858, Lincoln ya ce American republicanism za a iya tsarkake ta hanyar iyakance kara fadada bautar a matsayin mataki na farko don sa shi a kan hanyar zuwa 'ƙarshe ƙarewa.' 'Yan Kudu sun dauki Lincoln a kan maganarsa. Lokacin da ya lashe shugabancin, sun bar Union don guje wa 'ƙaddarar' bautar. "