ᎯᎠ ᎣᎯᏍᏗ ᎤᏝᏅᏓᏕᎲ ᎾᏍᎩᎾᎢ Confederate ᎠᏓᏎᎪᎩᏍᏗ ᏥᏄᏍᏛᎩ ᎠᏴᏍᏗ ᎾᎾᎯ ᎯᎠ ᏓᏄᏩ ᎾᎥᎢ ᎦᎵᏏᎯ ᎠᎴ ᎦᎸᏥᏱ. ᎯᎠ ᏗᏌᏊ ᎤᎾᎵᎪᎯ, ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ Lincoln ᎠᎴ ᏗᎪᏪᎵᏍᎩ ᎤᏔᏂᏗ ᎦᏙᎯ William Henry Seward ᏚᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎸᎩ ᏍᏆᎳ ᎠᏍᏆᎵᏛ ᎪᎯ, ᎠᎴ threatened ᏓᏄᏩ ᎢᏳᏃ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᏍᎬᎫ ᏙᏱᏗᏢ ᎦᏚᎲ officially ᎤᏬᎳᏨ ᎯᎠ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ ᎯᎠ Confederate ᎧᏃᎮᎭ ᎠᎺᎵᎨ. (ᎧᏂᎩᏛ ᎢᏳᏊ ᏄᏛᏁᎸ.) ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ 1861 southerners voluntarily embargoed ᎤᏥᎸ ᏫᏓᏗ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ, ᎤᏚᎩ ᎤᏩᎭ ᎠᏂᎩᏍᏗ ᎠᎳᏏᏅᏙᏗ ᎧᏂᎬᎾᎥ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᏳᎳᏛ Ꮎ ᏯᏓᎢᏗᏏ ᎦᏌᏙᏯᏍᏗ ᎦᎵᏏᎯ ᎠᏴᏍᏗ ᎯᎠ ᏓᏄᏩ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᎠᏓᏅᏍᏗ ᎠᎩᏍᏗᏱ ᎤᏥᎸ. ᎤᏥᎸ diplomacy ᎪᎯᏳᏔᏅ ᎤᏄᎸᎲᏍᎩ ᏥᏄᏍᏗ ᏳᎳᏛ ᎠᏰᎲ amply ᎠᏓᏁᏗ ᎤᏥᎸ, ᎾᎯᏳᎢ ᎯᎠ 1860-62 ᏠᎨᏏ ᎠᏫᏒ failures ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᏳᎳᏛ ᎪᏢᏅᎯ ᎯᎠ ᎤᏴᏢ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎤᏛᏒ ᎤᎦᏔ exports ᎤᏓᏚᎯᏌᏘ ᏭᎵᏍᎨᏗᏴ. ᎾᏍᎩ ᏥᏄᏍᏛᎩ ᏄᏪᏒᎩ Ꮎ ""ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᏎᎷ ᏥᏄᏍᏛᎩ ᎤᏟ ᎢᎦᎢ ᎤᎳᏂᎩᏛ ᎬᎾᏬᏍᎬ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎤᏥᎸ"", ᏥᏄᏍᏗ ᎢᏧᎳ ᎠᏴ ᎤᏛᏒ ᎤᎦᏔ ᎤᏪᏅᏒ ᏂᏛᎴᏅᏓ ᎩᏄᏙᏗ ᎯᎠ ᎩᎵᏏ import ᏗᏓᏁᏟᏴᎡᏗ, ᎾᎥᏂᎨᏍᏗ ᎠᏰᎵ ᎢᏴ.