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If the cotton States unitedly and earnestly wish to withdraw peacefully from the Union, we think they should and would be allowed to go.
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This quote suggests a perspective on the conditions under which Southern states might be allowed to withdraw from the Union.
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This reckless claim amazed his friends as much as it aroused his enemies, and he at once became the object of most cutting reproaches.
In less than twelve months we shall be in war, and that the bloodiest in history.
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This Administration cannot now save this Union, if it would.
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