. The great American book of biography . . He said hedesired to impress me . . with the gravity and danger of our situation, andthe imperative necessity for immediate and thorough preparation for warm and earnest, he said, I fear our people do not yet realizethe magnitude of the struggle they have entered upon, nor its probable dura-tion, and the sacrifices it will impose upon them. The United States Govern-ment, he said, is one of the most powerful upon earth. I know the peopleand the government we have to contend with. In a little while they will be evenmore united than we ar
. The great American book of biography . . He said hedesired to impress me . . with the gravity and danger of our situation, andthe imperative necessity for immediate and thorough preparation for warm and earnest, he said, I fear our people do not yet realizethe magnitude of the struggle they have entered upon, nor its probable dura-tion, and the sacrifices it will impose upon them. The United States Govern-ment, he said, is one of the most powerful upon earth. I know the peopleand the government we have to contend with. In a little while they will be evenmore united than we are. Their resources are almost without limit. Theyhave a thoroughly organized government, commanding the respect, and, to someextent, the fears of the world. Their army is complete in all its details andappointments, and it will be commanded by the foremost soldier of the Scott, whose devotion to the Union cause is attested by his drawinghis sword against his native State. They have also a navy that in a little while. z X o 358 ROBERT E. LEE. will blockade our ports and cut us off from all the world. They have nearly allthe workshops and skilled artisans of the country, and will draw upon theresources of other nations to supply any deficiency they may feel. And aboveall, we shall have to fight the prejudices of the world, because of the existenceof slavery in our country. Our enemies will have the ear of other powers,while we cannot be heard, and they will be shrewd enough to make the warappear to be merely a struggle on our part for the maintenance of slavery ; andwe shall thus be without sympathy, and most certainly without material aid from
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