When News Of The Surrender First Reached

Cheap Cigars Come In Handy; They Stifle The Odor Of Cheap Politicians.

So Vast A Sum, Receiving All The Protection And Benefits Of The Government, Without Bearing Its Proportion Of The Burdens And Expenses Of The Same, Will Not Be Looked Upon Acquiescently By Those Who Have To Pay The Taxes. . . . I Would Suggest The Taxation Of All Property Equally.

The Great Bulk Of The Legal Voters Of The South Were Men Who Owned No Slaves; Their Homes Were Generally In The Hills And Poor Country; Their Facilities For Educating Their Children, Even Up To The Point Of Reading And Writing, Were Very Limited; Their Interest In The Contest Was Very Meagre--what There Was, If They Had Been Capable Of Seeing It, Was With The North; They Too Needed Emancipation.

I Felt Like Anything Rather Than Rejoicing At The Downfall Of A Foe Who Had Fought So Long And Valiantly, And Had Suffered So Much For A Cause, Though That Cause Was, I Believe, One Of The Worst For Which A People Ever Fought, And One For Which There Was The Least Excuse.

No Theory Of My Own Will Ever Stand In The Way Of My Executing, In Good Faith, Any Order I May Receive From Those In Authority Over Me.