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Finally Virginia seceded, but the western Virginians, in their turn, seceded from Virginia and two years later were admitted to the Union as the state of West Virginia. Four "border states" had seceded; but four other "border states" were still within the Union. These were Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri.
最終弗吉尼亞人脫離了聯邦，而西部的弗吉尼亞人緊接著脫離了弗吉尼亞，連年后他們被聯邦接受并成為西弗吉尼亞州。四個"邊緣州"都退出了聯邦，但是，另外四個"邊緣州"還在聯邦中，它們是特拉華、馬里蘭、肯塔基和密蘇里。
384. The Border States.
384．邊緣州
The people of Maryland and of Kentucky were evenly divided on the question of secession. They even tried to set up as neutral states. But their neutrality would have been so greatly to the advantage of the seceders that this could not be allowed. Lincoln's firm moderation and the patriotism of many wise leaders in Kentucky saved that state to the Union. But Maryland was so important to the defense of Washington that more energetic means had to be used. In Missouri, a large and active party wished to join the Confederacy. But two Union men, Frank P. Blair and Nathaniel Lyon, held the most important portions of the state for the Union. It was not until a year later, however, that Missouri was safe on the Northern side.
對退出聯邦這個問題，馬里蘭和肯塔基州的人有兩種均勢的觀點，他們甚至試圖建立中立的州，但是，他們的中立將大大有利于脫離聯邦的州，而這是難以成行的。林肯堅決的克制和肯塔基許多明智領袖的愛國主義將這個州拯救回聯邦中來。但是，馬里蘭對于保衛華盛頓至關重要，必須拿出更多的積極方法來做它的工作。在密蘇里，一個大而激進的黨派希望加入南方同盟，但是，聯邦的兩個人弗蘭克·P·布萊爾和內森尼爾·萊恩為聯邦掌控著這個州的命脈，不到一年，密蘇里就安然屬于北方了。
