Whitelaw Reid: “May my feet never again be turned to their homes, but may their’s be often turned to mine!”

Suppose it to be merely a war in defense of our own just rights and interests.

But proofs were not wanting of the spirit in which, to the very last, the conflict against the Government had been waged.

You see, General, this is alarming, and you must acknowledge that we are not safe.

Let those who invoke the Supreme Law of the land learn and bow to it.