On the brink of the precipice: the election of 1860

I would not endanger the perpetuity of this Union: November

Proportions of which I had but a faint conception: early December

The issues of the late campaign are obsolete: Late December

We know not what a day or two or an hour may bring forth: December-January

One's opinions change fast in Revolutionary times: Jan-Feb

The storm is weathered: Jan-Feb revisited

A calm pervades the political world: March

Any decision would be preferable to this uncertainty: Mar-Apr

Everybody now is for the Union: Apr-May

Shall it be peace or a sword?