Civil War plotters hoped to get Oregon, West Coast to secede

Published: Dec. 4, 2020, 2 p.m.

Dreamed up by supporters of the old south, the plan envisioned an independent “Pacific Republic” as a slave state — to be stocked with slaves by a sort of bait-and-switch swindle. But the supporters misjudged public opinion badly. (Sacramento, Calif; 1860) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1503d.pacific-republic-scheme-331.html)