The Authors Of All Our Misfortune.

A Question Settled By Violence, Or In Disregard Of Law, Must Remain Unsettled Forever.

If Slavery Be A Sin, It Is Not Yours. It Does Not Rest On Your Action For Its Origin, On Your Consent For Its Existence. It Is A Common Law Right To Property In The Service Of Man; Its Origin Was Divine Decree.

I Worked Night And Day For Twelve Years To Prevent The War, But I Could Not. The North Was Mad And Blind, Would Not Let Us Govern Ourselves, And So The War Came.

The Authors Of All Our Misfortune.

Vicksburg Is The Nail Head That Holds The South’s Two Halves Together.