I Thank God That I Can Say

I Firmly Believe That In This Fiery Ordeal, In This Suffering, Misery, And Woe, The South Is But Undergoing A Purification By Fire And Steel That Will, In Good Time, And By God's Decree, Work Out Her Own Independence.

Politically I Did Not Like Mr. Lincoln For In Him I Saw The Destroyer.

I Only Wanted To Help My People.

Just Previous To The Birth Of My Little Son, My Mind Gave Way And My Child Was Born In The Asylum For The Insane At Stockton, Cal. My Boy Was Buried There.

If It Is A Crime To Love The South, Its Cause And Its President, Then I Am A Criminal. I Would Rather Lie Down In This Prison And Die Than Leave It Owing Allegiance To A Government Such As Yours.