There are but three ways, he said, to stop the war; first, by suppressing rebellion, which he was trying to do; second, by giving up the Union, which he was trying to prevent; and third, by some imaginable compromise, which was impossible if it embraced the maintenance of the Union.
Alexander outlines Lincoln's perspective on the complexities of ending the Civil War, emphasizing the challenges of maintaining the Union.
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This is the spirit in which I have determined for myself to come up to this great question, and to pass through it.
But Tilden, conscious of the need of an anti-Tweed legislature, had surmised the Ring's plan as early as Tweed devised it, and he replied with firmness that everything beside the legislative ticket was of minor importance to him.
Thoughtful men who were not in any sense political partisans gave careful heed to his words.
I discerned also unmistakable evidences of stern integrity, earnest patriotism, and unswerving fidelity.
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