The Constitutional And Political History of the United States volume 7
The Constitutional And Political History of the United States volume 7
H Hermann Von Holst
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Surd " the idea that the south could be overcome. 1 It was self-evident that it must win. All proof was superfluous. Even the coolest and sharpest minds represented it as an axiomatic truth, and hence could not, despite their better instinctive knowledge, be persuaded to give up the delusion that a serious attempt at subjugation would not be made. On the 4th of May, Alexander H. Stephens wrote to his brother, Linton: " I am prepared for and expect a long and bloody conflict. . .. I have never b...elieved that a sep- aration of the states of the old confederation would take place without a severe conflict of arms; " 2 and yet he had written to K. M. Johnston on the 19th of April: " The idea of Mr. Lincoln to urge a general war of subjugation against us seems too preposterous for a sensible man to entertain. But what his real designs are, I suppose it would be diffi- cult to imagine. " 3 Where people condescended to give reasons why subju- gation was impossible, the one assigned by the New Or- leans Crescent of the 16th of November was sufficient, viz.
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