Nations, Like Individuals, Are Punished For Their

I Never Was An Abolitionest, Not Even What Could Be Called Anti Slavery, But I Try To Judge Farely And Honestly And It Become Patent To My Mind Early In The Rebellion That The North And South Could Never Live At Peace With Each Other Except As One Nation, And That Without Slavery.

The One Thing I Never Want To See Again Is A Military Parade. When I Resigned From The Army And Went To A Farm I Was Happy. When The Rebellion Came, I Returned To The Service Because It Was A Duty. I Had No Thought Of Rank; All I Did Was Try And Make.

So Vast A Sum, Receiving All The Protection And Benefits Of The Government, Without Bearing Its Proportion Of The Burdens And Expenses Of The Same, Will Not Be Looked Upon Acquiescently By Those Who Have To Pay The Taxes. . . . I Would Suggest The Taxation Of All Property Equally.

I Know No Method To Secure The Repeal Of Bad Or Obnoxious Laws So Effective As Their Stringent Execution.

...but For A Soldier His Duty Is Plain. He Is To Obey The Orders Of All Those Placed Over Him And Whip The Enemy Wherever He Meets Him.