The Past Is Dead; Let

The War...must Go On Till The Last Man Of This Generation Falls In His Tracks...unless You Acknowledge Our Right To Self-government. We Are Not Fighting For Slavery. We Are Fighting For Independence,and That, Or Extermination, We Will Have.

The Time For Compromise Has Now Passed, And The South Is Determined To Maintain Her Position, And Make All Who Oppose Her Smell Southern Powder And Feel Southern Steel.

Our Government Is An Agency Of Delegated And Strictly Limited Powers. Its Founders Did Not Look To Its Preservation By Force; But The Chain They Wove To Bind These States Together Was One Of Love And Mutual Good Offices.

If The Confederacy Fails, There Should Be Written On Its Tombstone: Died Of A Theory.

God Forbid That The Day Should Ever Come When To Be True To My Constituents Is To Be Hostile To The Union.