I'm Afraid I'm Elected.

I Feel That We Are On The Eve Of A New Era, When There Is To Be Great Harmony Between The Federal And Confederate. I Cannot Stay To Be A Living Witness To The Correctness Of This Prophecy; But I Feel It Within Me That It Is To Be So.

In 1856...i Preferred The Success Of A Candidate Whose Election Would Prevent Or Postpone Secession, To Seeing The Country Plunged Into A War The End Of Which No Man Could Foretell. With A Democrat Elected By The Unanimous Vote Of The Slave States, There Could Be No Pretext For Secession For Four Years.... I Therefore Voted For James Buchanan As President.

In Politics I Am Growing Indifferent - I Would Like It, If I Could Now Return To My Planting And Books At Home

The United States, Knowing No Distinction Of Her Own Citizens On Account Of Religion Or Nationality, Naturally Believes In A Civilization The World Over Which Will Secure The Same Universal Laws.

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