The Troops Of Other States Have Their

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

Slavery Existed Before The Formation Of This Union. It Derived From The Constitution That Recognition Which It Would Not Have Enjoyed Without The Confederation. If The States Had Not United Together, There Would Have Been No Obligation On Adjoining States To Regard Any Species Of Property Unknown To Themselves.

I Tried All In My Power To Avert This War. I Saw It Coming, For Twelve Years I Worked Night And Day To Prevent It, But I Could Not. The North Was Mad And Blind; It Would Not Let Us Govern Ourselves, And So The War Came, And Now It Must Go On Unless You Acknowledge Our Right To Self Government. We Are Not Fighting For Slavery. We Are Fighting For Independence.

The Principle For Which We Contend Is Bound To Reassert Itself, Though It May Be At Another Time And In Another Form.

Let Men Not Ask What The Law Requires, But Give Whatever Freedom Demands.