 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kunyange zvazvo nguva yaJohn Crittenden yeSeneti isina kupera kutozosvikira muna 1861, Kentucky General Assembly yakaungana kuti isarudze mutsivi wake muna 1859. Kusvikira mazuva mashomanana asati asarudzwa, makwikwi aitarisirwa kuva pakati peBreckinridge naBoyd, avo vakanga vasarudzwa mutungamiri wenyika munaAugust; Utano hwaBoyd hunowedzera hwakaita kuti adzokere musi waNovember 28, 1859. Musi waDecember 12, Gungano rakasarudza Breckinridge pamusoro paJoshua Fry Bell, mukwikwidzi akakundwa musarudzo yemugovernor yaAugust, nevhoti ye8153. Muhurukuro yake yokugamuchira, yakapiwa kuKentucky House of Representatives musi waDecember 21, Breckinridge akatsigira chisarudzo cheDare Repamusorosoro mu Dred Scott v. Sandford, iyo yakatonga kuti Congress haigoni kurambidza uranda munharaunda, uye yakasimbirira kuti kurwisa kwaJohn Brown kuchangobva kuitika paHarpers Ferryhwakanga huri ufakazi hwokusimbirira kwevaRepublican pakuenzana kwevatema kana kuti masimba masimba. Akaprofita kuti pakupedzisira paizodiwa rumwe rudzi rwokuramba. Iye achiri kukurudzira musangano kupesana nekuparadzaniswa Mwari ngavarege kuti danho riitwe! asi hurukuro yake yekukura kwekupokana kwechikamu yakatambudza vamwe, kusanganisira babamunini vake Robert. 