The Enemy Is Here, And If We

The War... Was An Unnecessary Condition Of Affairs, And Might Have Been Avoided If Forebearance And Wisdom Had Been Practiced On Both Sides.

While We See The Course Of The Final Abolition Of Human Slavery Is Onward, & We Give It The Aid Of Our Prayers & All Justifiable Means In Our Power, We Must Leave The Progress As Well As The Result In His Hands Who Sees The End; Who Chooses To Work By Slow Influences; & With Whom Two Thousand Years Are But As A Single Day.

All That The South Has Ever Desired Was That The Union, As Established By Our Forefathers, Should Be Preserved, And That The Government As Originally Organized Should Be Administered In Purity And Truth.

We Have Only One Rule Here - To Act Like A Gentleman At All Times.

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