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Our Government Is An Agency Of Delegated And Strictly Limited Powers. Its Founders Did Not Look To Its Preservation By Force; But The Chain They Wove To Bind These States Together Was One Of Love And Mutual Good Offices.

Truthfulness Is A Cornerstone In Character, And If It Be Not Firmly Laid In Youth, There Will Ever After Be A Weak Spot In The Foundation.

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

The Withdrawal Of A State From A League Has No Revolutionary Or Insurrectionary Characteristic. The Government Of The State Remains Unchanged As To All Internal Affairs. It Is Only Its External Or Confederate Relations That Are Altered. To Term This Action Of A Sovereign A 'rebellion' Is A Gross Abuse Of Language.

The Contest Is Not Over, The Strife Is Not Ended. It Has Only Entered On A New And Enlarged Arena.