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.

Nothing fills me with deeper sadness than to see a Southerner apologizing for the defense we made of our inheritance.

We protest solemnly in the face of mankind, that we desire peace at any sacrifice, save that of honor.

African slavery, as it exists in the United States, is a moral, a social, and a political blessing.

Pray excuse me. I cannot take it.

The Slave must be made fit for his freedom by education and discipline, and thus made unfit for slavery. And as soon as he becomes unfit for slavery, the master will no longer desire to hold him as a slave.

It is our duty to keep the memory of our heroes green. Yet they belong to the whole country; they belong to America.