Secretary of the Treasury Howell Cobb of Georgia, (former Speaker of the House and Governor and member of Buchanan's cabinet), addressed the people of Georgia in a lengthy letter:
"In the nomination of Mr. Lincoln for the Presidency, the Black Republicans gave still more pointed expression to their views and feelings on the subject of slavery. "
"Is there no other remedy for this state of things but immediate secession? None worthy of your consideration has been suggested...."
"On the 4th day of March, 1861, the Federal Government will pass into the hands of the Abolitionists. It will then cease to have the slightest claim upon either your confidence or your loyalty; and, in my honest judgment, each hour that Georgia remains thereafter a member of the Union will be an hour of degradation, to be followed by certain and speedy ruin."
This letter carried great influence for his state and the country.
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