All This Has Been My Fault.

Why, It Appears That We Appointed All Of Our Worst Generals To Command The Armies And We Appointed All Of Our Best Generals To Edit The Newspapers. I Mean, I Found By Reading A Newspaper That These Editor Generals Saw All Of The Defects Plainly From The Start But Didn't Tell Me Until It Was Too Late. I'm Willing To Yield My Place To These Best Generals And I'll Do My Best For The Cause By Editing A Newspaper.

My Heart Bleeds At The Death Of Every One Of Our Gallant Men.

The Trite Saying That 'honesty Is The Best Policy' Has Met With The Just Criticism That Honesty Is Not Policy. The Seems To Be True. The Real Honest Man Is Honest From Conviction Of What Is Right, Not From Policy.

I Have Thought From The Time Of The Cessation Of The Hostilities, That Silence And Patience On The Part Of The South Was The True Course; And I Think So Still. Controversy Of All Kinds Will, In My Opinion, Only Serve To Continue Excitement And Passion, And Will Prevent The Public Mind From The Acknowledgement And Acceptance Of The Truth.

We Must Expect Reverses, Even Defeats. They Are Sent To Teach Us Wisdom And Prudence, To Call Forth Greater Energies, And To Prevent Our Falling Into Greater Disasters.