"to bow in humble submission to His chastisements, to confess and deplore their sins and transgressions in the full conviction that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom."
"to pray with all fervency and contrition for the pardon of their past offenses and for a blessing upon their present and prospective action."
"it is peculiarly fit for us to recognize the hand of God in this terrible visitation."
"to pray that we may be spared further punishment, though most justly deserved."
"that the inestimable boon of civil and religious liberty, earned under His guidance and blessing by the labors and sufferings of our fathers, may be restored in all its original excellence."
"Public safety requires strict enforcement of this article."
"It was my intention, as shown by my letter of June 20, 1861, to appoint Hon. James H. Lane, of Kansas, a brigadier-general of United States Volunteers, in anticipation of the act of Congress since pas..."
"When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run."
"This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or ex..."
"To destroy the spirit of the Union, is to destroy the Union itself."
"We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection."
"This is essentially a People's contest. On the side of the Union it is a struggle for maintaining in the world that form and substance of government whose leading object is to elevate the condition of..."