April 4th 1861… Just 8 days before Sumter… “It would be contrary to the spirit of the American Government to use armed force to subjugate the South. If the people of the South want to stay out of the Union, if they desire independence, let them have it.” William Seward, Lincoln’s Secretary of State to a London Times correspondent.
April 10th 1861… Just 2 days before Sumter… “Only a despotic and imperial government can subjugate seceding States.” Mr. Seward officially wrote to C.F. Adams Minister to England. DESPOTIC AND IMPERIALISTIC GOVERNMENT…isn’t that what the South was claiming all along?
~✟Robert✟~ Source: Abraham Lincoln, Volumes I and II: Illustrated Photo: President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of State William Seward
