Political matters
are as dark as ever. The President is frightened out of his wits, and in the
hands of traitors. It is rumored that Mr. Lincoln's inauguration is to be
prevented by force, though I can hardly believe the secessionists so mad as to
attempt it. In that event we shall have a civil war and perhaps a bloody fight
at the Capitol. Be it so, here we are and here we shall remain, unyielding and
inflexible. What I have left of life is at the service of my country. I hope,
however, that the storm will blow over and that these Southern fools will not
attempt to pull down the fabric which, if it falls, will surely bury them in
its ruins.
The meanness of
these Southern senators is beyond all power of expression. With their States
out of the Union, as they say, in open rebellion, they remain in their seats
with the avowed design to obstruct legislation and receiving pay for it from
the government they are striving to overthrow.
SOURCE: Francis
Fessenden, Life and Public Services of William Pitt Fessenden, Volume 1, p. 119
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