God Gave Us Lincoln And

When News Of The Surrender First Reached Our Lines Our Men Commenced Firing A Salute Of A Hundred Guns In Honor Of The Victory. I At Once Sent Word, However, To Have It Stopped. The Confederates Were Now Our Prisoners, And We Did Not Want To Exult Over Their Downfall.

Encourage Free Schools And Resolve That Not One Dollar Appropriated For Their Support Shall Be Appropriated To The Support Of Any Sectarian Schools. Resolve That Neither The State Nor Nation, Nor Both Combined, Shall Support Institutions Of Learning Other Than Those Sufficient To Afford Every Child Growing Up In The Land Of Opportunity Of A Good Common School Education, Unmixed With Sectarian, Pagan, Or Atheistical Dogmas. Leave The Matter Of Religion To The Family Altar, The Church And The Private School Supported Entirely By Private Contributions. Keep The Church And State Forever Separate.

I Appreciate The Fact, And Am Proud Of It, That The Attentions I Am Receiving Are Intended More For Our Country Than For Me Personally.

War Is Progressive Because All Instruments Of War Are Progressive.

I Only Knew What Was In My Mind, And I Wished To Express It Clearly