Answer:
C. they had survived in the Americas for a few years
um i dont get the question
The second last sentence of the first paragraph is the key message conveying Lincoln's view that war was forced for the protection of the nation.
"<span>Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish."</span>
Because they wanted to make other countries go into war
