Assume the role of chief adviser to the president (United States: Abraham Lincol

Assume the role of chief adviser to the president (United States: Abraham Lincoln or Confederate States: Jefferson Davis). It is April 15, three days following the bombardment and capture of Fort Sumter by Southern General P.G.T. Beauregard. Your president is unsure whether to raise armies and pursue war or seek negotiations with the other side and find a path to a peaceful solution to this political and military crisis (up to this point, secession and slavery has been a political issue).
What advice and counsel will you give him? What position do you advocate for (war or peace)? Why? What are your side’s strengths or weaknesses? Write this journal as an official statement from the chief adviser (you) to the president.
Ensure that your advice does not compromise your president and does not violate the Constitution or the law. In other words, justify your counsel by utilizing the Constitution of the United States. If you state Davis or Lincoln should go to war, what legal principle can you provide?
Your journal entry must be at least 300 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.