Our Armies Were In As Much Chaos

I Will Admit No Bond That Holds Me To A Party A Day Longer Than I Agree To Its Principles. When Men Meet Together To Confer, And Ascertain Whether Or Not They Do Agree, And Find That They Differ - Radically, Essentially, Irreconcilably Differ - What Belongs To An Honorable Position Except To Part? They Cannot Consistently Act Together Any Longer.

Vicksburg Is The Nail Head That Holds The South’s Two Halves Together.

The Time For Compromise Has Now Passed, And The South Is Determined To Maintain Her Position, And Make All Who Oppose Her Smell Southern Powder And Feel Southern Steel.

The Principle For Which We Contend Is Bound To Reassert Itself, Though It May Be At Another Time And In Another Form.

If Slavery Be A Sin, It Is Not Yours. It Does Not Rest On Your Action For Its Origin, On Your Consent For Its Existence. It Is A Common Law Right To Property In The Service Of Man; Its Origin Was Divine Decree.