The Will Of The People

The Fact Is I Think I Am A Verb Instead Of A Personal Pronoun. A Verb Is Anything That Signifies To Be; To Do; Or To Suffer. I Signify All Three.

There Are But Two Parties Now: Traitors And Patriots. And I Want Hereafter To Be Ranked With The Latter And, I Trust, The Stronger Party.

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.

There Are Many Men Who Would Have Done Better Than I Did Under The Circumstances In Which I Found Myself. If I Had Never Held Command, If I Had Fallen, There Were 10,000 Behind Who Would Have Followed The Contest To The End And Never Surrendered The Union.

The One Thing I Never Want To See Again Is A Military Parade. When I Resigned From The Army And Went To A Farm I Was Happy. When The Rebellion Came, I Returned To The Service Because It Was A Duty. I Had No Thought Of Rank; All I Did Was Try And Make.