I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.

To those who would submit to the rightful law and authority, all gentleness and forbearance; but to the petulant and persistent secessionists, why, death is mercy, and the quicker he or she is disposed of the better. Satan and the rebellious saints of Heaven were allowed a continuous existence in hell merely to swell their just punishment. To such as would rebel against a Government so mild and just as ours was in peace, a punishment equal would not be unjust.

If nominated by either party, I should peremptorily decline, and even if unanimously elected, I should decline to serve.

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.

The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.

You might as well appeal against the thunder-storm as against these terrible hardships of war. They are inevitable, and the only way the people of Atlanta can hope once more to live in peace and quiet at home, is to stop the war, which can only be done by admitting that it began in error and is perpetuated in pride.

It's a disagreeable thing to be whipped.