God bless the soldiers and seamen, with all their brave commanders.

My paramount objective in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not to either save or destroy Slavery.

The Lord spared the fitten and the rest he seen fitten to die.

The legalized liquor business is the tragedy of our civilization. Alcohol is the greatest and most blighting curse of our modern civilization. The liquor seller is simply and only a privileged malefactor - a criminal.

I have seen your despatch expressing your unwillingness to break your hold where you are. Neither am I willing. Hold on with a bull-dog gripe, and chew & choke, as much as possible.

Cling to liberty and right; battle fro them; leed for them; die for them, if need be; and have confidence in God.

I see a very dark cloud on America's horizon, and that cloud is coming from Rome.