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.

War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want.

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

We can make war so terrible and make them so sick of war that generations pass away before they again appeal to it.

War's Legitimate Object Is More Perfect Peace.

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

We have good corporals and good sergeants and some good lieutenants and captains, and those are far more important than good generals.