Lay Aside All Rancor, All Bitter Sectional

We Protest Solemnly In The Face Of Mankind, That We Desire Peace At Any Sacrifice, Save That Of Honor.

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

If You Will Not Have It Thus: If In The Pride Of Power, If In Contempt Of Reason And Reliance Upon Force, You Say We Shall Not Go, But Shall Remain As Subjects To You, Then, Gentlemen Of The North, A War Is To Be Inaugurated The Like Of Which Men Have Not Seen.

For An Enemy So Relentless In The War For Our Subjugation, We Could Not Be Expected To Mourn; Yet, In View Of Its Political Consequences, It Could Not Be Regarded Otherwise Than As A Great Misfortune For The South.

I Will Admit No Bond That Holds Me To A Party A Day Longer Than I Agree To Its Principles. When Men Meet Together To Confer, And Ascertain Whether Or Not They Do Agree, And Find That They Differ - Radically, Essentially, Irreconcilably Differ - What Belongs To An Honorable Position Except To Part? They Cannot Consistently Act Together Any Longer.