A Nation Which Does Not Remember What

You See What A Poor Sinner I Am, And How Unworthy To Possess What Was Given Me; For That Reason It Has Been Taken Away.

My Heart Bleeds At The Death Of Every One Of Our Gallant Men.

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.

There Is Nothing Left For Me To Do But To Go And See General Grant And I Would Rather Die A Thousand Deaths.

My Experience Through Life Has Convinced Me That, While Moderation And Temperance In All Things Are Commendable And Beneficial, Abstinence From Spirituous Liquors Is The Best Safeguard Of Morals And Health.