Say to the seceded States, "Wayward sisters, depart in peace."
Brave rifles! Veterans! You have been baptized in fire and blood and have come out steel!
Every man as well as every day has its lights and shades.
Peace won by compromise is usually a short lived achievement.
You are very fortunate to be assigned to duty at Fortress Monroe on Chesapeake Bay; it is just the season for soft shelled crabs, and hog fish have just come in, and they are the most delicious panfish you ever ate.
My politics are of a practical kind - the integrity of the country, the supremacy of the Federal government, an honorable peace, or none at all.