The more Indians we can kill... the less will have to be killed the next war, for the more I see of these Indians, the more convinced I am that they all have to be killed or be maintained as a species of paupers.

I will not accept if nominated, and will not serve if elected.

But, my dear sirs, when peace does come, you may call on me for any thing. Then will I share with you the last cracker, and watch with you to shield your homes and families against danger from every quarter.

The carping and bickering of political factions in the nation's capital reminds me of two pelicans quarreling over a dead fish.

This war differs from other wars, in this particular. We are not fighting armies but a hostile people, and must make old and young, rich and poor, feel the hard hand of war.

I want peace, and believe it can only be reached through union and war, and I will ever conduct war with a view to perfect an early success.

I see every chance of a long, confused and disorganizing civil war, and I feel no desire to take a hand therein.