God forbid that the day should ever come when to be true to my constituents is to be hostile to the Union.

If slavery be a sin, it is not yours. It does not rest on your action for its origin, on your consent for its existence. It is a common law right to property in the service of man; its origin was Divine decree.

At Rest An American Soldier And Defender of the Constitution.

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.

Obstacles may retard, but they cannot long prevent the progress of a movement sanctified by its justice, and sustained by a virtuous people .

Pray excuse me. I cannot take it.

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