02/09/1865
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"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."
"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."