I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.

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.

An army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man. Every enactment, every change of rule which impairs this principle weakens the army, impairs its value, and defeats the very object of its existence.

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

We cannot change the hearts of the people of the South, but we can make war so terrible that they will realize the fact that however brave and gallant and devoted to their country still they are mortal and should exhaust all peaceful remedies before they fly to war.

The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.

I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.