It Is Good That War Is So

There Are Few, I Believe, In This Enlightened Age, Who Will Not Acknowledge That Slavery As An Institution Is A Moral And Political Evil.

We Have Fought This Fight As Long, And As Well As We Know How. We Have Been Defeated. For Us As A Christian People, There Is Now But One Course To Pursue. We Must Accept The Situation.

I Have Thought From The Time Of The Cessation Of The Hostilities, That Silence And Patience On The Part Of The South Was The True Course; And I Think So Still. Controversy Of All Kinds Will, In My Opinion, Only Serve To Continue Excitement And Passion, And Will Prevent The Public Mind From The Acknowledgement And Acceptance Of The Truth.

Remember, We Are All One Country Now. Dismiss From Your Mind All Sectional Feeling, And Bring Them Up To Be Americans.

We Must Forgive Our Enemies.