The evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond, and the surrender of the principal insurgent army, give hope of a righteous and speedy peace whose joyous expression can not be restrained. In the midst of this, however, He, from Whom all blessings flow, must not be forgotten. A call for a national thanksgiving is being prepared, and will be duly promulgated.

Nations do not die from invasion; they die from internal rottenness.

Let us diligently apply the means, never doubting that a just God, in his own good time, will give us the rightful result.

It may be affirmed, without extravagance, that the free institutions we enjoy, have developed the powers, and improved the condition, of our whole people, beyond any example in the world.

When I go hear a man speak, I like to hear him speak like he's fighting a swarm of bees.

Hypocrite: The man who murdered his parents, and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan.

Let there be no compromise on the question of extending slavery. If there be, all our labor is lost, and, ere long, must be done again.