He has broken the Constitution. He has assumed and is now exercising undelegated power. He has deceived, and would now ruin his country. That is war. He says it shall be as light as possible.
Civil war is the worst of all wars.
We have read the late Northern papers carefully and sadly. The Northern people appear to be uniting by large majorities against us. The attack on Fort Sumter roused and banded them. We cannot become parties to the subjugation of our Southern brethren. The federal government cannot be maintained by force applied to sovereign States .