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Lee, who for a time hesitated as to his "duty," but finally went with his State, Vir- ginia. All officers were permitted to go, the ad- ministration not seeking to restrain any, under the belief that, until some open act of war was com- 17 WILLIAM H. SEWARD. 257 258 LIVES OF THE PRESIDENTS. mitted, it ought to remain on the defensive. This was wise political policy, for it did more than all else to hold the Border States, the position of which Douglas understood fully as well as any statesman o...f that hour. He was asked, "What will be the result of the efforts of Jefferson Davis, and his associates, to di- vide the Union?" "Rising, and looking, like one inspired, Douglas replied, 4 The cotton States are making an effort to draw in the border States to their schemes of secession, and I am but too fearful they will succeed. If they do succeed, there will be the most terrible civil war the world has ever seen, lasting for years. Virginia will become a charnel house, but the end will be the triumph of the Union cause.
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