The time for compromise has now passed, and the South is determined to maintain her position, and make all who oppose her smell Southern powder and feel Southern steel.

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.

The withdrawal of a State from a league has no revolutionary or insurrectionary characteristic. The government of the State remains unchanged as to all internal affairs. It is only its external or confederate relations that are altered. To term this action of a Sovereign a 'rebellion' is a gross abuse of language.

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

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

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

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