He believed that with the continuance of peace, the Secessionists could be brought to see that Union was better than war for all interests, and that in an especial degree the institution of Slavery would be imperiled by a resort to arms.
Blaine expresses Lincoln's conviction that peace would ultimately benefit the South, especially regarding slavery.
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