Civil War Era Letter - Secretary Toucey - Confederate Sympathizer

CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATE SLAVERY SYMPATHIZER NAVY SECRETARY TOUCEY LETTER SIGNED VF.

Here’s a Letter Signed by Two Notable Americans; A Civil War Era Traitor Statesman, and a Union Navy Commodore. ISAAC TOUCEY - Pro-Slavery American Statesman and Civil War Confederate Sympathizer (1792 – 1869). CIVIL WAR ERA PRO-SLAVERY and STATE RIGHTS US DEMOCRATIC PARTY SENATOR 1852-1857, 23rd US SECRETARY OF THE NAVY APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT BUCHANAN 1857-1861, and CHARGED WITH TREASON AGAINST THE US, 20th ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES UNDER PRESIDENT POLK 1848-1849, 33rd GOVERNOR OF CONNECTICUT 1846-1847. US CONGRESSMAN FROM CT 1835-1839! Toucey was a moderate Northerner who shared President Buchanan's views in the sectional controversies of the day. President Abraham Lincoln's election to the Presidency laid him open to the charge of sympathy with the Confederate cause, if not cooperation, with those that were plotting for the overthrow of the Federal Government!