Washington, December 5, 1860.
Secession of one or more States is inevitable. The members
of both Houses are in remarkable good-humor, but everybody seems firmly
resolved to adhere to his professed principles and course of action. We are
getting into deep water, and it is doubtful what shore we shall reach. Mr.
Fessenden urges me every day to send for you.
SOURCE: William Salter, The Life of James W. Grimes, p.
131-2
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