The speeches of Abraham Lincoln : including inaugurals and proclamations ; with biographical introductions and prefatory notes . aratification would be questionable, and sure to be per-sistently questioned, while a ratification by three-fourths of all the States would be unquestioned andunquestionable. I repeat the question: Can Louisianabe brought into proper practical relation with theUnion sooner by sustaining or by discarding her newState government? What has been said of Louisianawill apply generally to other States. And yet so greatpeculiarities pertain to each State, and such importanta
The speeches of Abraham Lincoln : including inaugurals and proclamations ; with biographical introductions and prefatory notes . aratification would be questionable, and sure to be per-sistently questioned, while a ratification by three-fourths of all the States would be unquestioned andunquestionable. I repeat the question: Can Louisianabe brought into proper practical relation with theUnion sooner by sustaining or by discarding her newState government? What has been said of Louisianawill apply generally to other States. And yet so greatpeculiarities pertain to each State, and such importantand sudden changes occur in the same State, andwithal so new and unprecedented is the whole casethat no exclusive and inflexible plan can safely beprescribed as to details and collaterals. Such ex-clusive and inflexible plan would surely become a newentanglement. Important principles may and must beinflexible. In the present situation, as the phrasegoes, it may be my duty to make some new announce-ment to the people of the South. I am considering,and shall not fail to act when satisfied that action willbe proper. -**«e tft. ^ V Vv
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