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&T. 51.] TO GEORGE ENGELMANN. 469 
August 27. 
I hope and trust that Frémont will be strong 
enough to keep the war out of your neighborhood. 
The citizens of Missouri ought to volunteer in such 
numbers as to keep the rebels out of the State and 
keep the State true and firm in the Union. It is the 
cheapest and most honorable way, and will save pro- 
perty, avoid distress, ete. 
This rebellion is certainly going to be put down, no 
matter at what cost, and property at St. Louis will be 
worth more than ever yet before you and I reach three 
score and ten. 
November 11. 
I think very little of Unionists who have been 
“made Secessionists” by anything. What matter 
whether you have one fifth, one tenth, or four fifths 
Unionists, if they will not fight to put down Seces- 
sionists, — they might as well be Secessionists out 
and out. Marciand and Missouri will not and must 
not be allowed to secede or to do seceders’ work, cost 
what it will. And it is a great blessing to them that 
we restrain them. The Union must be preser ved ; 
suffering is a very small matter in comparison —all 
must take their part, and the rebels must suffer hard 
till they give up. We are only beginning to fight. 
If Missouri wanted security she should have put 
down her secessionists herself with the strong hand, 
at the beginning. So of Kentucky. But she has 
been forced to find out and feel her duty and her 
honor, and to act. 
God save the Union, and confusion to all trai- 
tors. 
