Retreat? No. I Propose To Attach At

I Read The Story And Reread The Story, But I Still Could Not Find The Universality That The Little Irishman Had Spoken Of. All I Saw In The Story Was Some Irishmen Meeting In A Room And Talking Politics. What Had That To Do With America, Especially With My People? It Was Not Until Years Later That I Saw What He Meant ... I Began To Listen, To Listen Closely To How They Talked About Their Heroes, To How They Talked About The Dead And How Great The Dead Had Once Been. I Heard It Everywhere.

The Cause Of The Great War Of The Rebellion Against The United States Will Have To Be Attributed To Slavery. For Some Years Before The War Began It Was A Trite Saying Among Some Politicians That "a State Half Slave And Half Free Cannot Exist." All Must Become Slave Or All Free, Or The State Will Go Down. I Took No Part Myself In Any Such View Of The Case At The Time, But Since The War Is Over, Reviewing The Whole Question, I Have Come To The Conclusion That The Saying Is Quite True.

The Colored Man Has Been Accustomed All His Life To Lean On The White Man, And If A Good Officer Is Placed Over Him, He Will Learn Readily And Make A Good Soldier.

Let Us Labor For The Security Of Free Thought, Free Speech, Pure Morals, Unfettered Religious Sentiments, And Equal Rights And Privileges For All Men, Irrespective Of Nationality, Color, Or Religion;.... Leave The Matter Of Religious Teaching To The Family Altar, The Church, And The Private School, Supported Entirely By Private Contribution. Keep Church And State Forever Separate.

Whatever There Is Of Greatness In The United States, Or Indeed In Any Other Country, Is Due To Labor. The Laborer Is The Author Of All Greatness And Wealth. Without Labor There Would Be No Government, No Leading Class, And Nothing To Preserve.