Our government is an agency of delegated and strictly limited powers. Its founders did not look to its preservation by force; but the chain they wove to bind these States together was one of love and mutual good offices.

A question settled by violence, or in disregard of law, must remain unsettled forever.

At Rest An American Soldier And Defender of the Constitution.

Be not haughty with the humble; be not humble with the haughty.

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

Upon my weary heart was showered smiles, plaudits and flowers, but beyond them I saw troubles and thorns innumerable.

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