My Wish For The American Woman Is

The Sacred Obligation To The Union Soldiers Must Not - Will Not Be Forgotten Nor Neglected. But Those Who Fought Against The Nation Cannot And Do Not Look To It For Relief. Confederate Soldiers And Their Descendants Are To Share With Us And Our Descendants The Destiny Of America. Whatever, Therefore, We Their Fellow Citizens Can Do To Remove Burdens From Their Shoulders And To Brighten Their Lives Is Surely In The Pathway Of Humanity And Patriotism.

I Leave The Governor's Office Next Week, And With It Public Life[which] Has Been On The Whole A Pleasant One. But For Ten Years And Over My Salaries Have Not Equalled My Expenses, And There Has Been A Feeling Of Responsibility, A Lack Of Independence, And A Necessary Neglect Of My Family And Personal Interests And Comfort, Which Make The Prospect Of A Change Comfortable To Think Of.

Universal Suffrage Should Rest Upon Universal Education. To This End, Liberal And Permanent Provision Should Be Made For The Support Of Free Schools By The State Governments, And, If Need Be, Supplemented By Legitimate Aid From National Authority.

The Climate Of Ohio Is Perfect, Considered As The Home Of An Ideal Republican People. Climate Has Much To Do With National Character.... A Climate Which Permits Labor Out-of-doors Every Month In The Year And Which Requires Industry To Secure Comfort--to Provide Food, Shelter, Clothing, Fuel, Etc.--is The Very Climate Which Secures The Highest Civilization.

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.