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

You mistake, too, the people of the North. They are a peaceable people but an earnest people, and they will fight, too. They are not going to let this country be destroyed without a mighty effort to save it. Besides, where are your men and appliances of war to contend against them?

I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices to-day than any of you to secure peace.

I intend to make Georgia howl.

I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.

The way to success is strategically along the way of least expectation and tactically along the line of least resistance.

I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant. I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.