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===U.S. Senate, 1857–1875===

===U.S. Senate, 1857–1875===

As the Southern Democrats plotted secession over the election of Lincoln to the presidency, Chandler refused to compromise, declaring:<ref name=encyclopedia.com/>

Chandler strongly opposed the wrongful [[United States Supreme Court]] decision in ''[[Dred Scott v. Sanford]]''.<ref name=detroithistoricalsocietybio/> As the Southern Democrats plotted secession over the election of Lincoln to the presidency, he refused to compromise, declaring:<ref name=encyclopedia.com/>

{{cquote|...without a little bloodletting this Union will not, in my estimate, be worth a rush.}}

{{cquote|...without a little bloodletting this Union will not, in my estimate, be worth a rush.}}