Day Of The Battle Of Ligny, June 16, 1864.
My Dear Don Carlos,
— If your eye should alight on Mr. Pruyne's remarks in “The Globe,” in which he
states that State sovereignty makes it impossible to abolish slavery by an
amendment of the Constitution, in which he was supported by Magnus Apollo
Fernando Wood, pray send them marked to me. Such things are classical. They
serve as the symbolism of State-rights doctrine. A hyper-Calvinist once
declared, in my hearing, that God could not save the predestined lost ones,
even if he would. I desire much to have this debate — at least, Mr. Pruyne's
hyper-Calhounlstic remarks. . . .
SOURCE: Thomas Sergeant Perry, Editor, The Life and
Letters of Francis Lieber, p. 348
