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He saw that war must come, and he urged his friends to be prepared. One night he said to a fellow Senator, Cox, who shared his lodgings, "Cox, war is inevitable." "It is, as sure as you live," was the reply. HE SAW THAT WAR MUST COME AND HE URGED HIS FRIENDS TO BE PREPARED ONE NIGHT HE SAID TO A FELLOW SENATOR COX WHO SHARED HIS LODGINGS COX WAR IS INEVITABLE IT IS AS SURE AS YOU LIVE WAS THE REPLY
eneration had risen up which was prepared to wash its hands of the curse of slavery. Some of the Southern States, afterwards known as the Confederates, formed themselves into an association, and threatened to withdraw from the Federal Union; and civil war between the slave States and the free was by the more thoughtful and far-seeing deemed inevitable. The young Senator Garfield was one of the first to realise the true position of affairs. During his first year in the State Senate he had made his mark, in the next he became by the mere force of his character and the intensity of his feelings its leader. The President of the United States at the time was James Buchanan, a Democrat and a friend of the slave-owners. He, with others in high places, seemed bent on giving the South every opportunity to strengthen itself against the North. In many of the Northern States, it was hoped by the timid that war could be averted by passing laws which would please the South. But Garfield knew better. REE STATES A NEW GENERATION HAD RISEN UP WHICH WAS PREPARED TO WASH ITS HANDS OF THE CURSE OF SLAVERY SOME OF THE SOUTHERN STATES AFTERWARDS KNOWN AS THE CONFEDERATES FORMED THEMSELVES INTO AN ASSOCIATION AND THREATENED TO WITHDRAW FROM THE FEDERAL UNION AND CIVIL WAR BETWEEN THE SLAVE STATES AND THE FREE WAS BY THE MORE THOUGHTFUL AND FAR SEEING DEEMED INEVITABLE THE YOUNG SENATOR GARFIELD WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO REALIZE THE TRUE POSITION OF AFFAIRS DURING HIS FIRST YEAR IN THE STATE SENATE HE HAD MADE HIS MARK IN THE NEXT HE BECAME BY THE MERE FORCE OF HIS CHARACTER AND THE INTENSITY OF HIS FEELINGS ITS LEADER THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AT THIS TIME WAS JAMES BUCHANAN A DEMOCRAT AND FRIEND OF THE SLAVE OWNERS HE WITH OTHERS IN HIGH PLACES SEEMED BENT ON GIVING THE SOUTH EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHEN ITSELF AGAINST THE NORTH IN MANY OF THE NORTHERN STATES IT WAS HOPED BY THE TIMID THAT WAR COULD BE AVERTED BY PASSING LAWS WHICH WOULD PLEASE THE SOUTH BUT GARFIELD KNEW BETTER
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