1860 State of the Union Address

Speech by US President James Buchanan February 2026 September 2021 February 2025 1860 State of the Union Address 1860 12 03 House Chamber and Senate Chamber, United States Capitol State of the Union Address James BuchananJohn C. BreckinridgeWilliam Pennington Format Written Previous 1859 State of the Union Address Next 1861 State of the Union Address Tenure 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?" The verdict "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. The different sections of the Union are now arrayed against each other, and the time has arrived, so much dreaded by the Father of his Country, when hostile geographical parties have been formed."http://www.infoplease.com/t/hist/state-of-the-union/72.html State of the Union Address: James Buchanan (December 3, 1860) | Infoplease.com infoplease.com 2014-07-23 References James Buchanan's Fourth State of the Union Address 1860 State of the Union Address 1859 State of the Union Address 1861 State of the Union Address State of the Union addresses 1 1860 Category:Presidency of James Buchanan Category:Speeches by James Buchanan Category:36th United States Congress State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address Category:December 1860 in the United States Category:1860 works Category:1860s State of the Union addresses