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January 11, 1861

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Friday, January 11, 1861.
 Springfield, IL.

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In a letter he marks, "Confidential," President-Elect Lincoln writes to Republican Congressman James T. Hale, of Pennsylvania. Hale and other border-state representatives seek to appease the states considering secession. Lincoln cites his recent election victory and vows not to "surrender to those we have beaten." Lincoln adds, "They now have the Constitution, under which we have lived over seventy years, and acts of Congress of their own framing, with no prospect of their being changed; and they can never have a more shallow pretext for breaking up the government, or extorting a compromise, than now." Abraham Lincoln to James T. Hale, 11 January 1861, CW, 4:172.

Acknowledges receipt from Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott, general in chief of the army, of correspondence and notes "concerning various military movements, suggested by yourself." Abraham Lincoln to Winfield Scott, 11 January 1861, CW, 4:172-73. 

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         <p> In a letter he marks,
  "Confidential," President-Elect Lincoln writes to Republican Congressman James
  T. Hale, of Pennsylvania. Hale and other border-state representatives seek to
  appease the states considering secession. Lincoln cites his recent election
  victory and vows not to "surrender to those we have beaten." Lincoln adds,
  "They now have the Constitution, under which we have lived over seventy years,
  and acts of Congress of their own framing, with no prospect of their being
  changed; and they can never have a more shallow pretext for breaking up the
  government, or extorting a compromise, than now." <bibl default='NO'>
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  Lincoln to James T. Hale</xref>, 11 January 1861,
  <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:172.</bibl> 
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         <p> Acknowledges
  receipt from Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott, general in chief of the army, of
  correspondence and notes "concerning various military movements, suggested by
  yourself." <bibl default='NO'>
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  Lincoln to Winfield Scott</xref>, 11 January 1861,
  <title corresp='books_Basler2'>CW</title>, 4:172-73.</bibl> 
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