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The president said nothing about the views of government in regard to the possibility of Carolinas seceding. This however was frequently spoken of by other statesmen at the North. I think they were unanimous in this, that no army would be sent here.

— John Bachman

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

North Carolina is not going to be left behind.

— Terry Sanford

I'm always happy to have the President visit North Carolina. Unfortunately, the citizens of North Carolina who could be most adversely affected by the President's plan have not been invited to the discussion.

— Mel Watt

Southern states in the confederacy were not ready to give up their fight to secede or give up their way of life, which was made possible in large part through the blood, sweat and tears of African slaves.

— Corrine Brown

I doubt the people of North Carolina will be content to allow the governor to decide or even unduly influence selecting their senator.

— Terry Sanford

As much as I value an union of all the states, I would not admit the southern states into the union, unless they agreed to the discontinuance of this disgraceful trade, because it would bring weakness and not strength to the union.

— George Mason

North Carolina, particularly the 8th District, has long played a key role in our Nation's military forces.

— Robin Hayes

Neither these statesmen nor their constituents sought in any way to use the Government for the interest of themselves or their section, or for the injury of a single member of the Confederacy.

— Robert Toombs

It, sometimes, suits the slaveholders to claim, that their slavery is an exclusively State concern; and that the North has, therefore, nothing to do with it.

— Gerrit Smith

Being about to land on the soil of North Carolina, the general commanding desires his soldiers to remember that they are here to support the Constitution and the laws, to put down rebellion, and to protect the persons and property of the loyal and peaceable citizens of the State.

— Ambrose Burnside

✗Opposing Perspectives

We must remember that North Carolina is more than a collection of regions and people. We are one state, one people, one family, bound by a common concern for each other.

— Michael F. Easley