Harold Holzer Quotes

How Could Lincoln Reply To Such Comments, Without Offending Abolitionists Or Frightening Slave-owning Unionists From The Upper South? Placating Words Were Likewise Out Of The Question. A Plea From Virginia Suggesting Lincoln Need Do No More Than Assure Southerners They Had The Right To Bring Their Property Into All American Territories Reminded The Dubious President-elect Of An Apt Story. It Concerned A Little Girl Who Begged Her Mother To Let Her Play Outside. The Mother Repeatedly Said No, The Child Persisted, And The Mother Finally Lost Patience And Gave Her A Whipping, "upon Which," Lincoln Chortled, "the Girl Exclaimed: 'Now, Ma. I Can Certainly Run Out.

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