<P> The anti-slavery party contends that slavery is wrong in itself, and the Government is a consolidated national democracy . We of the South contend that slavery is right...</P> <P> Later that year, in December, Keitt would state that South Carolina's declaring of secession was the direct result of slavery: </P> <P> Our people have come to this on the question of slavery . </P> <P> On November 9, 1860 the South Carolina General Assembly passed a "Resolution to Call the Election of Abraham Lincoln as U.S. President a Hostile Act" and stated its intention to declare secession from the United States . </P>

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