John Bell was an attorney and also a politician in America. He served as the speaker of the house for the 23rd congress from 1821 to 1841 and also served as the secretary of war in 1841. During the 1860 election, John bell condemns sectional political parties in the hope to relieve the anxiety between the Northern Territory and southern territory to sustain the alliance and implement federal laws.
For the most part, states in the South reacted with anger to Lincoln's victory in the election of 1860. The major issue of the 1860 presidential election was slavery. ... Southerners knew that Lincoln and the newly formed Republican party were not going to be friendly to the expansion of slavery in the nation.
