The cotton-growing south, irritated by the growing threat of the Abolitionist movement, and fearing this predominance in Congress, began to talk of secession from the Union.

• 种植棉花的南方一方面对废奴主义运动不断加剧的威胁感到恼怒，另一方面又害怕北方在国会的支配地位，于是开始商量脱离联邦。