And the election of Lincoln convinced southerners of a counter-conspiracy against them.
Lincoln didn't actually run on ending slavery, but keeping new states joining the union from becoming slave-holding states.
In the end, both conspiracies were mostly true.
Southerners really were conspiring to take more power through illicit means. And northerners really did plan to abolish slavery altogether.
Micah C. Miracle
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