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The Independence Of All Political And Other Bother Is A Happiness.

We All Agree That Neither The Government Nor Political Parties Ought To Interfere With Religious Sects. It Is Equally True That Religious Sects Ought Not To Interfere With The Government Or With Political Parties. We Believe That The Cause Of Good Government And The Cause Of Religion Both Suffer By All Such Interference.

These Semi-traitors [union Generals Who Were Not Hostile To Slavery] Must Be Watched. Let Us Be Careful Who Become Army Leaders In The Reorganized Army At The End Of This Rebellion. The Man Who Thinks That The Perpetuity Of Slavery Is Essential To The Existence Of The Union, Is Unfit To Be Trusted. The Deadliest Enemy The Union Has Is Slavery - In Fact, Its Only Enemy.

There Are Good Points About All... Wars. People Forget Self. The Virtues Of Magnanimity, Courage, Patriotism, Etc., Are Called Into Life. People Are More Generous, More Sympathetic, Better, Than When Engaged In The More Selfish Pursuits Of Peace.

There Are Two Tendencies In All Our War Talk.... The First Is To Boast, If Not Of Ourselves And Our Deeds, At Least Of Our Army, Our Corps, Our Regiments. The Other Is To Find Fault With, To Criticize, To Censure, To Condemn Others. If There Is A Victory, We Gained It And Must Have The Credit Of It. If There Is A Failure, It Was The Fault Of The Other Fellow,--he Must Be Blamed For It.