It is a duty we owe to posterity to see that our children shall know the virtues, and rise worthy of their sires.

A restitution of the Union has been rendered forever impossible.

The contest is not over, the strife is not ended. It has only entered on a new and enlarged arena.

Our armies were in as much chaos in victory as theirs in defeat.

The war...must go on till the last man of this generation falls in his tracks...unless you acknowledge our right to self-government. We are not fighting for slavery. We are fighting for Independence,and that, or extermination, we WILL have.

The troops of other states have their reputation to gain, the sons of the Alamo have theirs to maintain.

Lay aside all rancor, all bitter sectional feeling, and to make your places in the ranks of those who will bring about a consummation devoutly to be wished—a reunited country.