Note 281 — Chapter XXII · NEW YORK’S CONTROL AT BALTIMORE 1860

"The Soft leaders still shiver on the brink of a decision. But a new light broke on them yesterday, when they discovered that, if they killed Douglas, his friends were able and resolved to kill Seymour in turn."—New York Tribune (editorial), June 21. "The action of New York is still a subject of great doubt and anxiety. As it goes so goes the party and the Union of course."—Ibid. (telegraphic report).