My God, Is It Possible

We View Ourselves On The Eve Of Battle. We Are Nerved For The Contest, And Must Conquer Or Perish. It Is Vain To Look For Present Aid: None Is At Hand. We Must Now Act Or Abandon All Hope! Rally To The Standard, And Be No Longer The Scoff Of Mercenary Tongues! Be Men, Be Free Men, That Your Children May Bless Their Father's Name.

To Secede From The Union And Set Up Another Government Would Cause War. If You Go To War With The United States, You Will Never Conquer Her, As She Has The Money And The Men. If She Does Not Whip You By Guns, Powder, And Steel, She Will Starve You To Death. It Will Take The Flower Of The Country - The Young Men.

I Humble Myself Before God, And There The List Ends.

Govern Wisely, And As Little As Possible

Remember That Whatever May Be Said By A Lady Or Her Friends, It Is Not Part Of Conduct Of A Gallant Or Generous Man To Take Up Arms Against A Woman.