A Union that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets, and in which strife and civil war are to take the place of brotherly love and kindness, has no charm for me.

You cannot barter manhood for peace.

Our country demands all our strength, all our energies. To resist the powerful combination now forming against us will require every man at his place. If victorious, we will have everything to hope for in the future. If defeated, nothing will be left for us to live for.

There are few, I believe, in this enlightened age, who will not acknowledge that slavery as an institution is a moral and political evil.

You cannot be a true man until you learn to obey.

Let us go home and cultivate our virtues.

We cannot afford to be idle, and though weaker than our opponents in men and military equipments, must endeavor to harass, if we cannot destroy them.