Ideas Are Easy To Conceive,

The Real Honest Man Is Honest From Conviction Of What Is Right, Not From Policy.

The Enemy Is Here, And If We Do Not Whip Him, He Will Whip Us.

I Believe It To Be The Duty Of Everyone To Unite In The Restoration Of The Country And The Reestablishment Of Peace And Harmony.

In All My Perplexities And Distresses, The Bible Has Never Failed To Give Me Light And Strength.

So Far From Engaging In A War To Perpetuate Slavery, I Am Rejoiced That Slavery Is Abolished. I Believe It Will Be Greatly For The Interest Of The South. So Fully Am I Satisfied Of This That I Would Have Cheerfully Lost All That I Have Lost By The War, And Have Suffered All That I Have Suffered To Have This Object Attained.