Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the Southern States that by the accession of a Republican Administration their property and their peace and ... There has never been any reasonable cause for such apprehension. ... that the property, peace, and security of no section are to be in any wise endangered by ...
They wanted to avoid conflict, they didn't want to get themselves in another war. They also wanted Germany to act as a buffer between Europe and the Soviet Union.
The Second Great Awakening began on the southern frontier and usually featured what two religious sects "<span>A. Methodists and Baptists", since these were the most "removed" from mainstream Christian ideology. </span>