Compare the quotes from Senator Louis Wigfall and Governor Joseph Brown. Given the measures President Lincoln used during the war, which position do you think he would have favored?

Senator Luis Wigfall believed that the military should only be used against foreign enemies and terrorists. Governor Joseph Brown, on the other hand, believed that the military should be used to immobilize all threats to the nation's peace. Lincoln favored Wigfall because he did not want the war to happen.