Buchanan had come to realize there might be no way to reconcile sectional differences short of separation.

However, he was a Freemason, an affiliation that overcame sectional differences.

In February 1861, he attended the Peace Conference of 1861 that tried to resolve the sectional differences between the states.

Sen. Stephen A. Douglas promoted its nationalistic program in an unsuccessful effort to compromise sectional differences.

Speeches and writings revealed the sectional differences that were eventually to tear the Union asunder.

Historians agree it helped sharpen sectional political differences in the period immediately preceding the American Civil War.

While a majority of the state would look for compromises to the sectional differences, most people also opposed any restrictions on slaveholders' rights.

Kelley found he was able to overcome these sectional differences as a Mason.

The earlier political party structure failed to make accommodation among sectional differences.

Not until 1848 did plans to merge the high schools of the three competitive wards overcome sectional differences.