:13:50
Young America was not only a union
of East and West.
:13:55
There were North and South, too.
:13:57
And between them
the bonds were weakening.
:14:01
Mr. Lincoln, now retired from Congress
and practicing law...
:14:04
... realized that the South would fight...
:14:06
... to mold the new and
uncommitted territories to its own image.
:14:11
Still, two years from the presidency...
:14:13
... he pleaded that the free West
be allowed to remain free...
:14:17
... and warned of the hazards
of a house divided against itself.
:14:20
But the South...
:14:22
... seeing it"s power and influence wane...
:14:24
... struggled against the inevitable
in dozens of Western towns.
:14:29
And slowly, the bitter seeds of civil war
took root.