On the recordJuly 28, 1862
Would you drop the war where it is, or would you prosecute it in future with elder-stalk squirts charged with rose-water?
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In a letter to a Louisiana Unionist, Lincoln uses a vivid metaphor to question whether the war should be abandoned or prosecuted with insufficient force.
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