We Must Look To The Rising Generation

All That The South Has Ever Desired Was That The Union, As Established By Our Forefathers, Should Be Preserved, And That The Government As Originally Organized Should Be Administered In Purity And Truth.

I Have Been Up To See The Congress And They Do Not Seem To Be Able To Do Anything Except To Eat Peanuts And Chew Tobacco, While My Army Is Starving.

We Made A Great Mistake In The Beginning Of Our Struggle, And I Fear, In Spite Of All We Can Do, It Will Prove To Be A Fatal Mistake. We Appointed All Our Worst Generals To Command Our Armies, And All Our Best Generals To Edit The Newspapers

My Experience Through Life Has Convinced Me That, While Moderation And Temperance In All Things Are Commendable And Beneficial, Abstinence From Spirituous Liquors Is The Best Safeguard Of Morals And Health.

Let Us Go Home And Cultivate Our Virtues.