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James Buchanan Administration

Introduction

He was born on April 23, 1791, in Mercersburg, Franklin County (Pennsylvania), and died on July 1, 1868, in Lancaster (Pennsylvania). Leader of the moderate faction of the Democratic Party, their access to the presidency was due to the strong support received by the southern states. His work was characterized by excessive support for slavery-like practices of these states to prevent secession, so laid the foundation for the now inevitable civil war that erupted between North and South and struck the whole country.

Member of a humble farming family of Irish, young James Buchanan worked helping his father in the small shop that had the family in Stony Batter, at the same time he learned the rudiments of arithmetic to help the family business. Thanks to his good qualities as a student, Buchanan was able to enter the Dickinson College in Mercersburg, where he graduated with honors, in 1809, when they went to Lancaster to study law. In 1812, James Buchanan graduated and began to practice successfully.

Discussion

Because of his long experience as a politician, James Buchanan began his presidency accepted by all states in the nation, both Southerners and northerners. Apart from some success in international issues, as Buchanan has proved to be a teacher, as was the arrangement with Great Britain of all outstanding disputes in Central America and the signing of the first commercial treaty with the ancient imperial China, the chair of James Buchanan was entirely marked by the pre-war climate that existed throughout the Union for growing enmity and political and social differences arising between the northern states, in favor of the abolition of slavery and industrialization of the country, and those of South, with an economy based on extensive commercial agriculture worked by a massive slave labor (Pressman, pp. 256).

In his desire to please everyone, James Buchanan was in favor of the right of the people of each state to abolish slavery or not, but just to reach the presidential chair, endeavored to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act, going back ten years ago and, in 1859, supported the annexation of the state of Kansas to the Union, which was completely dominated by a ruling class in favor of practicing slavery. This measure caused a deep split within the Democratic Party, which emerged two factions led by Vice President John C. Breckinridge and Senator Stephen A. Douglas, who made ??possible the subsequent victory in ...