30/93 So soon as the South fires a shot against Sumter the sword is unsheathed. You cannot go back then." "I am fully aware of it. I haven't been sleeping much lately, and I've been casting up my accounts. It s a pretty weak balance sheet. I would like to tell you the main items, Mr.Secretary, so that you may see that I'm not walking this road blindfold." The other pushed back his chair from the table with a gesture of despair. |