My Family Is American, And Has Been

In 1856...i Preferred The Success Of A Candidate Whose Election Would Prevent Or Postpone Secession, To Seeing The Country Plunged Into A War The End Of Which No Man Could Foretell. With A Democrat Elected By The Unanimous Vote Of The Slave States, There Could Be No Pretext For Secession For Four Years.... I Therefore Voted For James Buchanan As President.

I'm Afraid I'm Elected.

If You See The President, Tell Him From Me That Whatever Happens There Will Be No Turning Back.

War Is Progressive Because All Instruments Of War Are Progressive.

Although A Soldier By Profession, I Have Never Felt Any Sort Of Fondness For War, And I Have Never Advocated It, Except As A Means Of Peace.