"Say to the seceded States, "Wayward sisters, depart in peace.""
— Winfield Scott

January 1, 1970

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Letter to William H. Seward (3 March 1861); though the only suggestion from this letter commonly quoted, this was actually the last and final alternative of what he considered to be 4 options available to President Abraham Lincoln in dealing with the secessionist states.