At Rest An American Soldier And Defender of the Constitution.
Be not haughty with the humble; be not humble with the haughty.
Our armies were in as much chaos in victory as theirs in defeat.
The contest is not over, the strife is not ended. It has only entered on a new and enlarged arena.
Upon my weary heart was showered smiles, plaudits and flowers, but beyond them I saw troubles and thorns innumerable.
If you will not have it thus: if in the pride of power, if in contempt of reason and reliance upon force, you say we shall not go, but shall remain as subjects to you, then, gentlemen of the North, a war is to be inaugurated the like of which men have not seen.