Which of the following quotes from the passage supports the central ideas presented in Question Four?
A)"All thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil-war. All dreaded it – all sought to avert it." (Paragraph 2) and "The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself" (Paragraph 2)
B)"One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it." (Paragraph 4) and "Then a statement, somewhat in detail, of a course to be pursued, seemed fitting and proper." (Paragraph 1)
C)"Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with, or even before, the conflict itself should cease." (Paragraph 4) and "A statement, somewhat in detail, of a course to be pursued, seemed fitting and proper." (Paragraph 1)
D)"Neither party expected for the war, the magnitude, or the duration, which it has already attained." (Paragraph 3) and "He gives to both North and South, this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offence came," (Paragraph 6)
