...confederacy." To congressmen from those states he added the warning that as the war continued it would be "impossible to foresee all the incidents, which may attend and all the ruin which may follow it." Lincoln's careful preparation led to an overwhelmingly positive reception of his proposal. How could...

...Democratic Convention. Quoting Lincoln, I wrote that, like bad relief pitchers, some people find that "it is impossible to foresee all the incidents which may attend and all the ruin which may follow." Gretchen pretended not to see the point when I thrust that column before her during breakfast. She...

...the president told border-state slaveholders that if they refused this offer and the war continued, "it is impossible to foresee all the incidents which may attend and all the ruin which may follow."5 At a meeting with Lincoln on March io, however, border-state congressmen questioned the constitutionality...

...authority would render the war unnecessary, aud it would at once cease. If, however, resistance continues, the war must also continue, and it is impossible to...though an offer only, I hope it may be esteemed no offense to ask whether the pecuniary consideration tendered would not be of more value to the States...

...voters in each of the slave states, Lincoln insisted. But he warned that if rebel resistance should continue, "the war must also continue; and it is impossible...to foresee all the incidents, which may attend and the ruin which may follow it." In other words, Lincoln was telling the supporters of slavery to take...

...indispensable means" to end the war and that as long as the war continued, "it is impossible to foresee all of the incidents, which may attend and all the ruin which may follow it."4 The message was clear enough. If the border states did not accept this offer of compensated emancipation,...

...authority would render the war unnecessary, and it would at once cease. If, however, resistance continues, the war must also continue, and it is impossible to...struggle, must and will come. The proposition now made is an offer only, and I hope it may be esteemed no offence to ask whether the pecuniary consideration...

...authority would render the war unnecessary, and it would at once cease. If, however, resistance continues, the war must also continue, and it is impossible to...efficiency toward ending the struggle, must and will corne. The proposition now made is an offer only, and I hope it may be esteemed no offence to ask whether...

...continue; and it is impossible to foresee al! the incidents which may attend and all the ruin wh'ch may follow it. Such as may seem indispensable or may...(though an offer only), I hope it may be esteemed no offense to ask whether the pecuniary consideration tendered would not be of more value to the States...

...would render the war unnecessary, and it would at once cease. * u " If, however, resistance continues, the war must also continue, and it is impossible to...indispensable, or may obviously promise great efficiency towards ending the struggle, must and will come. "The proposition now made, though an offer only, I...