Governments rest on the consent of the governed, and that it is the right of the people to alter or abolish them at will whenever they become destructive of the ends for which they were established.

A restitution of the Union has been rendered forever impossible.

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.

Our armies were in as much chaos in victory as theirs in defeat.

At Rest An American Soldier And Defender of the Constitution.

Truth crushed to earth is truth still and like a seed will rise again.

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.