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I Would Suggest The Taxation Of All Property Equally Whether Church Or Corporation.

I Never Was An Abolitionest, Not Even What Could Be Called Anti Slavery, But I Try To Judge Farely And Honestly And It Become Patent To My Mind Early In The Rebellion That The North And South Could Never Live At Peace With Each Other Except As One Nation, And That Without Slavery.

Let Us Labor For The Security Of Free Thought, Free Speech, Pure Morals, Unfettered Religious Sentiments, And Equal Rights And Privileges For All Men, Irrespective Of Nationality, Color, Or Religion;.... Leave The Matter Of Religious Teaching To The Family Altar, The Church, And The Private School, Supported Entirely By Private Contribution. Keep Church And State Forever Separate.

I Propose To Fight It Out On This Line If It Takes All Summer.

When News Of The Surrender First Reached Our Lines Our Men Commenced Firing A Salute Of A Hundred Guns In Honor Of The Victory. I At Once Sent Word, However, To Have It Stopped. The Confederates Were Now Our Prisoners, And We Did Not Want To Exult Over Their Downfall.