Lincoln saw that the act of secession made the issue for the Union a vital one: Whether it was a Union of sovereign citizens that should continue to live, or an association of sovereign states that must fall prey either to `` anarchy or despotism ''.

The issue was sufficiently potent in 1935 to spark secession from the American Federation of Labor of its industrial union members.

His election was the signal for seven southern slave states to declare their secession from the Union and form the Confederacy.

Virginia declared its secession and was rewarded with the Confederate capital, despite the exposed position of Richmond so close to Union lines.

Like many regular army officers from the South he was opposed to secession, but resigned his commission soon after he heard of the secession of his adopted state Texas.

The American Civil War ( 1861 – 1865 ), in the United States often referred to as simply the Civil War and sometimes called the " War Between the States ", was a civil war fought over the secession of the Confederate States.

The Republican Party was determined to prevent any spread of slavery, and many Southern leaders had threatened secession if the Republican candidate, Lincoln, won the 1860 election.

Before the Tennessee electorate voted on secession, Johnson, at his peril, toured the state, speaking in opposition to the measure, contending it was unconstitutional.

Before the Civil War he was firmly against secession, but when the war started he nevertheless took the side of the Confederacy.

As the unrest sweeping Europe was bleeding over into the United States, calls for secession reached unparalleled heights, and the fledgling nation seemed ready to rip itself apart.

To Hammarskjöld, the secession of Katanga was an internal Congolese matter and the UN was forbidden to intervene by Article 2 of the United Nations Charter.

Atchison favored secession, while Doniphan was torn and would remain for the most part non-committal.

In February 1969, the Guinean government moved against the armed forces after alleging that a plot centred in Labé, the centre of the Fula (; ) homeland was planning to assassinate Toure and seize power, or, failing that, force the secession of Middle Guinea.

Each of the other candidates had hindrances to his nomination: Bayard had spoken in favor of secession in 1861, making him unacceptable to Northerners ; Butler, conversely, was reviled throughout the South for his actions during the Civil War ; Thurman was generally well liked, but was growing old and infirm, and his views on the silver question were uncertain.

The novel unfolds against the backdrop of rebellion wherein seven southern states, Georgia among them, have declared their secession from the United States ( the " Union ") and formed the Confederate States of America ( the " Confederacy "), after Abraham Lincoln was elected president with no ballots from ten Southern states where slavery was legal.

As a senator, he argued against secession, but did agree that each state was sovereign and had an unquestionable right to secede from the Union.

Davis firmly believed that Confederate secession was constitutional.

Stuart was promoted to captain on April 22, 1861, but resigned from the U. S. Army on May 3, 1861, to join the Confederate States Army, following the secession of Virginia.

Because wealth was imbedded in movable property, refuge was tolerated by neighbouring Shaikhs, and Britain intervened only when important interests were at stake, secession was an effective merchant tactic.

On 11 March 1990, the Supreme Council of the Lithuanian SSR announced its secession from the Soviet Union and intention to restore an independent Republic of Lithuania.

The group declared secession from the United States and announced their intent to join the Confederate States of America under the name of the Arizona Territory.

A great impression was produced by his letter of July 18, 1845, published in a Frankfurt-am-Main journal, in which he announced his secession from the rabbinical conference then in session in that city.

In December 1924, French General Maxime Weygand announced the secession of the State of Alawites, which was proclaimed independent in 1925.

On 1 Brumaire ( 22 October ) Bonaparte announced the union of Valtelline with the republic, after its secession from the Swiss Three Grey Leagues.

The Croatian War of Independence began when Serbs in Croatia, who were opposed to Croatian independence, announced their secession from Croatia.

The Minister for Local Government at the time, Gerry Peacocke, nevertheless announced the secession of A Riding from Warringah Council, considering that those who did not vote did not have any particular inclination to how they were governed, and thus Pittwater Council was created.

At this time, Shiloh may have been revived as a holy shrine ; it was home to Ahijah HaShiloni, who announced the secession of the ten tribes after Solomon died.

At the end of the first day of the operation, the UN special representative announced over Katangese radio that the secession was at an end.

A month later, on January 8 1898, they announced their secession from the Society of American Artists -- a move that garnered considerable media attention.

Such issues catalysed the impending secession: On 7 August 1965, Tunku Abdul Rahman announced to the Malaysian Parliament in Kuala Lumpur that the Parliament should vote yes on the resolution to have Singapore to leave the Federation, choosing to " sever all ties with a State Government that showed no measure of loyalty to its Central Government " as opposed to the undesirable method of suppressing the PAP for its actions.

After the mass secession, the rebels announced that they would rejoin GNP after the general election, but the GNP prohibited it.

After a Republican victory, but before the new administration took office on March 4, 1861, seven cotton states declared their secession and joined to form the Confederate States of America.

Specifically, this demand for political democracy implies complete freedom to agitate for secession and for a referendum on secession by the seceding nation.

Delaware voted against secession on January 3, 1861.

South Carolina adopted an ordinance of secession on December 20, 1860, and Mississippi did so on January 9, 1861.

Despite these moves toward independence, economic realities seemed to work against secession from the Soviet Union In a referendum on the preservation of the USSR, in March 1991, 88. 7 % of the voters approved a proposal to remain part of the union as a " renewed federation.

Nevis has continued developing its own legislation, such as The Nevis International Insurance Ordinance and the Nevis International Mutual Funds Ordinance of 2004, but calls for secession are often based on concerns that the legislative authority of the Nevis Island Administration might be challenged again in the future.

In 2003, the Nevis Island Administration again proposed secession and initiated formal constitutional procedures to hold a referendum on the issue, which was held in early 2004.

For example, in a referendum on secession in Western Australia in April 1933, 68 percent of voters voted that the State should leave the Commonwealth of Australia to become a separate Dominion of the British Empire.

Allen Buchanan, author of seven books on self-determination and secession, supports territorial integrity as a moral and legal aspect of constitutional democracy.

Southern leaders declared secession and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Yemen ( DRY ) on 21 May 1994, but the DRY was not recognized by the international community.

Southern leaders declared secession and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Yemen ( DRY ) on 21 May 1994, but the DRY was not recognized by the international community.

The council passed resolutions calling for Northern Rhodesia's secession from the federation and demanding full internal self-government under a new constitution and a new national assembly based on a broader, more democratic franchise.

* February 15 – In Vanuatu, followers of John Frum's cargo cult on the island of Tanna declare secession as the nation of Tafea.

They withdraw the secession on May 10.

After the secession of the southern states, the House of Representatives on May 6, 1862, and the Senate on June 20 finally approved it.

Since 2010, there has been some speculation and discussion, at least on the ground level, about the possibility of secession from the Federation of Malaysia.

On 11 July 1967 a referendum on Anguilla's secession from the fledgling state was held.