Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.

I knew wherever I was that you thought of me, and if I got in a tight place you would come-if alive.

The carping and bickering of political factions in the nation's capital reminds me of two pelicans quarreling over a dead fish.

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?

You people of the South don't know what you are doing. This country will be drenched in blood, and God only knows how it will end. It is all folly, madness, a crime against civilization! You people speak so lightly of war; you don't know what you're talking about.

I see every chance of a long, confused and disorganizing civil war, and I feel no desire to take a hand therein.

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