Political Quotes

Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

It is due to this officer to state that he was passed over in consequence of physical disability, this disability having occurred in the discharge of his duties; and prior to his misfortune he bore the reputation of an efficient and…

Third. That suitable ceremonies be had upon the occasion, under the direction of Major-General William T. Sherman, whose military operations compelled the rebels to evacuate Charleston, or, in his absence, under the charge of Major-General…

Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish.