Abraham Lincoln . flickering light upon thecrowd in the street. England, he said, will not allow our great staple, cotton, to bedammed up within our present limits. If war must come, it must be onNorthern, not on Southern soil. A glorious future is before us. Thegrass will grow in Northern cities where the pavements have beenworn off by the tread of commerce. We will carry war where it iseasy to advance, where food for the sword and torch await our armiesin the densely populated cities. Mr. Davis had some reason for using such language, for a greatmany people in the Northern States had assured
Abraham Lincoln . flickering light upon thecrowd in the street. England, he said, will not allow our great staple, cotton, to bedammed up within our present limits. If war must come, it must be onNorthern, not on Southern soil. A glorious future is before us. Thegrass will grow in Northern cities where the pavements have beenworn off by the tread of commerce. We will carry war where it iseasy to advance, where food for the sword and torch await our armiesin the densely populated cities. Mr. Davis had some reason for using such language, for a greatmany people in the Northern States had assured the Secessionists thatthey sympathized with them. If there is to be any fighting, it will be within our own borders,and in our own streets, wrote ex-President Franklin Pierce, of NewHampshire. Fernando Wood, Mayor of New York, proposed that NewYork City secede from the State of New York. If force is to be used, it Avill be inaugurated at home, said theDemocratic politicians of Albany. 218 LIFE OF ABRAHAM JEFFEUSON DAVIS. If the cotton States can do better out of the Union than in it, weinsist on letting them go in peace, \yrote Horace Greeley, editor of theNew York Tribune, who had done what he could to elect Mr. snow was falling in Springfield, but people were hastening tothe railroad station to see once more the man whom they honored andloved. The conductor of the train which was to bear the Presi-^1861*^ dential party to Washington was about to give the signal forstarting, but waited, for Mr. Lincoln was standing upon the plat-form of the car with his hand uplifted. These his parting words: My friends ? No one not in my situation can appreciate my feeling of sadness atthis parting. To this place and the kindness of these people I owe everything. Here Ihave lived a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young to an old man. Heremy children have been born, and one of them is buried. I now leave, not knowing whenor whether ever I may return, with a
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