I Will Be In My

We Are Born On The Same Soil, Breathe The Same Air, Live On The Same Land, And Why Should We Not Be Brothers And Sisters?

Get There First With The Most Men.

I Loved The Old Government In 1861. I Loved The Old Constitution Yet. I Think It Is The Best Government In The World, If Administered As It Was Before The War. I Do Not Hate It; I Am Opposing Now Only The Radical Revolutionists Who Are Trying To Destroy It. I Believe That Party To Be Composed, As I Know It Is In Tennessee, Of The Worst Men On Gods Earth - Men Who Would Not Hesitate At No Crime, And Who Have Only One Object In View - To Enrich Themselves.

I Did Not Come Here For The Purpose Of Surrendering My Command.

I Have Never On The Field Of Battle Sent You Where I Was Unwilling To Go Myself, Nor Would I Now Advise You To A Course Which I Felt Myself Unwilling To Pursue. You Have Been Good Soldiers. You Can Be Good Citizens. Obey The Laws, Preserve Your Honor, And The Government To Which You Have Surrendered Can Afford To Be And Will Be Magnanimous.