The Father of Waters again goes unvexed to the sea.

Much is being said about peace; and no man desires peace more ardently than I. Still I am yet unprepared to give up the Union fora peace which, so achieved, could not be of much duration.

Politics, as a trade, finds most and leaves nearly all dishonest.

So viewing the issue, no choice was left but to call out the war power of the Government; and so to resist force, employed for its destruction, by force, for its preservation.

Washington's is the mightiest name of earth - long since mightiest in the cause of civil liberty; still mightiest in moral reformation. On that name no eulogy is expected. It cannot be. To add brightness to the sun, or glory to the name of Washington, is alike impossible. Let none attempt it. In solemn awe pronounce the name, and in its naked deathless splendor leave it shining on.

In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong.

The trouble with Hooker is that he's got his headquarters where his hindquarters aught to be.