It Is Glorious To See Such Courage

With All My Devotion To The Union, And The Feeling Of Loyalty And Duty Of An American Citizen, I Have Not Been Able To Make Up My Mind To Raise My Hand Against My Relative, My Children, My Home. I Have, Therefore, Resigned My Commission In The Army.

It Is Well That War Is So Terrible. We Should Grow Too Fond Of It.

What A Glorious World Almighty God Has Given Us. How Thankless And Ungrateful We Are, And How We Labor To Mar His Gifts.

The Consolidation Of The States Into One Vast Empire, Sure To Be Aggressive Abroad And Despotic At Home, Will Be The Certain Precursor Of Ruin Which Has Overwhelmed All That Preceded It.

Abandon Your Animosities And Make Your Sons Americans!