And the border states would have gone over to the Confederacy, the war would have been lost and the Union along with it, and instead of abolishing slavery as we hope to do in two weeks, we'd be watching, helpless as infants, as it spread from the American South into South America. Oh, how you have longed to say that to me.
Llavors els estats fronterers haurien passat a la confederació, la guerra s'hauria perdut i juntament amb ella la Unió, i en comptes d'abolir l'esclavitud, com esperem fer en dues setmanes, veiem com els nostres joves s'escampen