Craig, I see that one thing our Southron friends fail to mention, is the money raised for bail by such, oh my such evil Republicans, as Horace Greeley, Gerrit Smith ( a major underwriter for abolitionist) and Cornelius Vanderbilt. Men who certainly didn't believe in secession and sure didn't believe in chattel slavery. Greeley and his friends desired rapid reunion and sectional reconciliation, in other words...let 'em down easy boys. Of course it was also said that commercial advantaged prompted them these men. I seem to recall a Seward, Greely split over some issue, but don't recall the details.