Anyone who reviews debates and speeches of the Alabama secession convention or any other state would be hard pressed to find another topic being discussed.
http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/smithwr/smith.html
Please read some of our ancestor's words from these pages and give us your opinion.
Again I ask, between 1859 and 1860, how did the Fire-Eaters manage to sway Deep South public opinion so rapidly?