"Oh, no," he corrected; "there would be none left; for the other two,
frightened by the shot, would have flown away."
As a truth, the firing on Fort Sumter welded the seceders into their
Union; at the same time as it likewise fused the Northerners into
consistency.
The President said to General Viele: "We want to keep all that we have
of the Border States--those that have not seceded and the portions we
have occupied."
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