not make a new one, nor shall we permit any human power to destroy the one.... We seek no war—we shall wage no war except in defense of the constitution and against its foes. But we have a country and a constitutional government. We know its worth to us and to mankind, and in case of necessity we are ready to test its strength." "That sentiment guided the editorial course of The Times through the turbulent winter between Lincoln's election and the attack on Fort Sumter. Raymond deprecated, as all sensible men deprecated, any hasty aggression which might provoke to violence men who could still, perhaps, be brought back to reason; but he insisted that as a last resort the union must be maintained by any means necessary. To the proposals for compromise he was favorable, on condition that they did not compromise the essential issue—that they did not nullify the election of 1860 and give back to the slave power the control of the national government which it had lost. Because no other compromise would have been acceptable the issue inevitably had to be fought out, and from Sumter to Appomattox The Times was unwavering in its support of Lincoln and its determination that the Federal union must and should be preserved." Works Raymond was an able public speaker; one of his best known speeches was made to greet Hungarian leader Lajos Kossuth, whose cause he defended, during Kossuth's visit to New York City in December 1851. In addition to his work with The New York Times, he wrote several books, including: A Life of Daniel Webster (1853) Political Lessons of the Revolution (1854) A History of the Administration of President Lincoln (1864) The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln (1865) Death Raymond died in New York City, New York on June 18, 1869 from a heart attack, and his death became a subject of controversy. He was buried in Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery. Publications Augustus Maverick, Henry J. Raymond and the New York Press for Thirty Years, A.S. Hale & Company, 1870. Notes Further reading Davis, Elmer. History of the New York Times, 1851–1921 (1921) Dicken-Garcia, Hazel. Journalistic Standards in Nineteenth-Century America (1989) Douglas, George H. The Golden Age of the Newspaper (1999) Maverick, Augustus. Henry J. Raymond and the New York Press, for Thirty Years: Progress of American Journalism from 1840 to 1870 (1870), 501pp online Sloan,