The framers of our Constitution never exhausted so much labor, wisdom, and forbearance in its formation, and surrounded it with so many guards and securities, if it was intended to be broken by every member of the Confederacy at will.

Let us go home and cultivate our virtues.

Traveler is my only companion; I may also say my pleasure. He and I, whenever practicable, wander out in the mountains and enjoy sweet confidence.

The time is not come for impartial history. If the truth were told just now, it would not be credited.

The framers of our Constitution never exhausted so much labor, wisdom, and forbearance in its formation, and surrounded it with so many guards and securities, if it was intended to be broken by every member of the Confederacy at will.

Abandon your animosities and make your sons Americans!

Duty, then is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more; you should never wish to do less.