For an enemy so relentless in the war for our subjugation, we could not be expected to mourn; yet, in view of its political consequences, it could not be regarded otherwise than as a great misfortune for the South.

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

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

Let the gentleman go to Revelation to learn the decree of God - let him go to the Bible. . . . I said that slavery was sanctioned in the Bible, authorized, regulated, and recognized from Genesis to Revelation. . . . Slavery existed then in the earliest ages, and among the chosen people of God; and in Revelation we are told that it shall exist till the end of time shall come. You find it in the Old and New Testaments - in the prophecies, psalms, and the epistles of Paul; you find it recognized - sanctioned everywhere.

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

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