The Authors Of All Our Misfortune.

Let The Gentleman Go To Revelation To Learn The Decree Of God - Let Him Go To The Bible. . . . I Said That Slavery Was Sanctioned In The Bible, Authorized, Regulated, And Recognized From Genesis To Revelation. . . . Slavery Existed Then In The Earliest Ages, And Among The Chosen People Of God; And In Revelation We Are Told That It Shall Exist Till The End Of Time Shall Come. You Find It In The Old And New Testaments - In The Prophecies, Psalms, And The Epistles Of Paul; You Find It Recognized - Sanctioned Everywhere.

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.

The Troops Of Other States Have Their Reputation To Gain, The Sons Of The Alamo Have Theirs To Maintain.

Slavery Existed Before The Formation Of This Union. It Derived From The Constitution That Recognition Which It Would Not Have Enjoyed Without The Confederation. If The States Had Not United Together, There Would Have Been No Obligation On Adjoining States To Regard Any Species Of Property Unknown To Themselves.

Truthfulness Is A Cornerstone In Character, And If It Be Not Firmly Laid In Youth, There Will Ever After Be A Weak Spot In The Foundation.