4/1861: “It is becoming too evident, that so far as a vicious,...demoralized administration possesses power, the hideous horrors of civil war are about to be forced upon the country…the popular sentiment is everywhere peaceful, and the time cannot be distant when the shameful manner in which Mr. Lincoln and his cabinet are sacrificing the welfare of the land and betraying its most sacred interests, will call forth an outbreak of indignation before which even the Republican fanaticism and intolerance will tremble.”
I may be a neo-Lincolnist and I may be an imbecile, but I'm not a neo-Lincolnite imbecile. Imbecility and asmiration of Lincoln do not go together.
4/1861: “It is becoming too evident, that so far as a vicious,...demoralized administration possesses power, the hideous horrors of civil war are about to be forced upon the country…the popular sentiment is everywhere peaceful, and the time cannot be distant when the shameful manner in which Mr. Lincoln and his cabinet are sacrificing the welfare of the land and betraying its most sacred interests, will call forth an outbreak of indignation before which even the Republican fanaticism and intolerance will tremble.”
There was no Civil War when the secessions started. The rebs forced the Civil War. The rebs did not trust the Constitution. Lincoln made it clear he would abide by the Constitution. In unison with notthern Democrats and more moderate Republicans, the hotheads could have stopped any strong action. It was just that the rebs wanted it all and wanted it all their way. Compromise and acceptance of the fact that you can't always get all you want are characteristics required of the mature public that democratic republics must have. The rebs of 1860 demonstrated that they did not have that civic maturity.