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1860 State of the Union Address

address by President Buchanan

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Source revisionJun 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ18155581 ↗
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The 1860 State of the Union Address was written by James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States. It was read on Monday, December 3, 1860, to both houses of the 36th United States Congress, by a clerk. He stated, "Why is it, then, that discontent now so extensively prevails, and the Union of the States, which is the source of all these blessings, is threatened with destruction?"

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"The long-continued and intemperate interference of the Northern people with the question of slavery in the Southern States has at length produced its natural effects.

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