Douglas said he agreed with every word of it except, he said, seventy-five thousand soldiers would not be enough. Remembering his problems with southern extremists, he urged Lincoln to ask for two-hundred thousand men.
道格拉斯说,他同意声明的内容。但有一点除外,就是7万5千名士兵是
够的。他想到自己与南方极端分子之间的问题,便力劝林肯出兵20万人。