A quick skim through the Charleston Mercury (available at Newspapers.com) from November 8 and the following several days yields multiple written statements and letters by various U.S. government officials—federal judges, attorneys, and so forth—resigning their offices.  They had told their fellow citizens they would not work for an administration that sought to limit the spread of slavery, so they resigned the day after the election of Abraham Lincoln.  Only the postmaster, at the request of local officials, remained in his position, to ensure that delivery of the mail would continue until alternate arrangements could be made. One federal official who Read more