"A mighty fine letter.

Full of horse sense." "You agree with it ?" asked the other eagerly.
"Why, no.

I don't agree with it, but I admire it a lot and I admire its writer." "Mr.President," said Seward solemnly, "on one point I am adamant.

We cannot suffer the dispute to be about slavery.

If we fight on that issue we shall have the Border States against us." "I'm thinking all the time about the Border States.