Some of you young men think that war is all glamour and glory, but let me tell you, boys, it is all hell!

I found so many Jews and speculators here trading in cotton, and secessionists had become so open in refusing anything but gold, that I have felt myself bound to stop it. The gold can have but one use - the purchase of arms and ammunition... Of course, I have respected all permits by yourself or the Secretary of the Treasury, but in these new cases (swarms of Jews), I have stopped it.

There's many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell.

If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.

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

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

War's Legitimate Object Is More Perfect Peace.