In politics I am growing indifferent - I would like it, if I could now return to my planting and books at home

Let no guilty man escape, if it can he avoided. . . . No personal consideration should stand in the way of performing a public duty.

The long-continued and useful public service and eminent purity of character of the deceased ex-President will be remembered.

Retreat? NO. I propose to attach at daylight and whip them.

When news of the surrender first reached our lines our men commenced firing a salute of a hundred guns in honor of the victory. I at once sent word, however, to have it stopped. The Confederates were now our prisoners, and we did not want to exult over their downfall.

...I never heard him abuse an enemy. Some of the cruel things said about President Lincoln, particularly in the North, used to pierce him to the heart; but never in my presence did he evince a revengeful disposition.

I believe that our Great Maker is preparing the world, in His own good time, to become one nation, speaking one language, and when armies and navies will be no longer required.