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Dear Mr. Abraham Lincoln

As a loyal Republican that voted for in the presidential election I am writing to you a letter concerning the Fort Sumter dilemma and what you should do about it. This is a very important decision ahead of you and one that will define your presidency, as a hard working farmer from Ohio I think that my opinion should help sway you to the side of military action. It is time Mr. President for you to decide, and this decision should be easy one. There is no longer room for compromise; the south refuses to listen the federal government and you should not let them continue to make demands and threaten our government. You should not let these lazy rebels get what they want; you must resupply Fort Sumter. If you do not resupply Fort Sumter then you have shown to the world that not only is the president of our nation weak, but the United States of America will allow not just the south’s disobedience, but any disobedience to go unpunished. If the United States does not use military force against the South then any state in the Union will think it reasonable that whenever an election does not go their way, even legitimate, they can secede until they get what they want. Much like a child who believes they can cry and cry until it is fed. Mr. President, I do not tolerate disunion and I believe to try and keep peace with compromise is impossible. Military force is the only way, the cowardly south fears war and the north more so then they fear their own property. Military action force the south to surrender with out a fight. The idea of military action for a brave northern as myself is much less fearful then the idea of my president letting our nation fall apart peacefully. Mr. President if you do not institute military action then the Republican Party is doomed. It will never rise again because all of the North including myself will never forgive the wrong decision you made. You must keep our nation in united let the south they cannot push the federal government around or else the Republican Party, the Union, the men inside Fort Sumter will be lost forever, and even dare I say democracy will fall, when you fail to force and prove that the minority has the say in the government and the loyal majority can do nothing but watch as it nation is run into the ground.

From, Harry Mertz