I Will Not Move My Army Without

It Is Preposterous To Suppose That The People Of One Generation Can Lay Down The Best And Only Rules Of Government For All Who Are To Come After Them, And Under Unforeseen Contingencies.

The Friend In My Adversity I Shall Always Cherish Most.

The Great Bulk Of The Legal Voters Of The South Were Men Who Owned No Slaves; Their Homes Were Generally In The Hills And Poor Country; Their Facilities For Educating Their Children, Even Up To The Point Of Reading And Writing, Were Very Limited; Their Interest In The Contest Was Very Meagre--what There Was, If They Had Been Capable Of Seeing It, Was With The North; They Too Needed Emancipation.

Venice Would Be A Fine City If It Were Only Drained.

Oh, I Am Heartily Tired Of Hearing About What Lee Is Going To Do. Some Of You Always Seem To Think He Is Suddenly Going To Turn A Double Somersault, And Land In Our Rear And On Both Of Our Flanks At The Same Time. Go Back To Your Command, And Try To Think What Are We Going To Do Ourselves, Instead Of What Lee Is Going To Do.