As Long As It Served His Purpose,

Fortune Has Played Me A Sad Trick By Letting Me Live On And On.

If It Is A Crime To Love The South, Its Cause And Its President, Then I Am A Criminal. I Would Rather Lie Down In This Prison And Die Than Leave It Owing Allegiance To A Government Such As Yours.

The Secession Of The Southern States, Individually Or In The Aggregate, Was The Certain Consequence Of Mr. Lincoln's Election.

I Do Not Set Myself Up As An Advocate Of The Woman's Right Doctrine, But Would Rather Appear In The Character Of A Quiet Lady Expressing Her Sentiments, Not So Much To The Public As To Her Immediate Friends.

Just Previous To The Birth Of My Little Son, My Mind Gave Way And My Child Was Born In The Asylum For The Insane At Stockton, Cal. My Boy Was Buried There.