Will Davis
Will Davis
war lying past
The past is dead; let it bury its dead, its hopes and its aspirations; before you lies the future-a future full of golden promise.
rights natural idle
How idle is this prating about natural rights as though still containing all that had been forfeited.
war history misfortunes
The authors of all our misfortune.
war army history
Our armies were in as much chaos in victory as theirs in defeat.
southern united-states constitution
It was one of the compromises of the Constitution that the slave property in the Southern States should be recognized as property throughout the United States.
evil slavery masters
Every one must understand that, whatever be the evil of slavery, it is not increased by its diffusion. Every one familiar with it knows that it is in proportion to its sparseness that it becomes less objectionable. Wherever there is an immediate connexion between the master and slave, whatever there is of harshness in the system is diminished.
children virtue duty
It is a duty we owe to posterity to see that our children shall know the virtues, and rise worthy of their sires.
strong book law
My own convictions as to negro slavery are strong. It has its evils and abuses...We recognize the negro as God and God's Book and God's Laws, in nature, tell us to recognize him - our inferior, fitted expressly for servitude...You cannot transform the negro into anything one-tenth as useful or as good as what slavery enables them to be.
war pride men
If you will not have it thus: if in the pride of power, if in contempt of reason and reliance upon force, you say we shall not go, but shall remain as subjects to you, then, gentlemen of the North, a war is to be inaugurated the like of which men have not seen....
unions should being-true
God forbid that the day should ever come when to be true to my constituents is to be hostile to the Union.
flower heart thorns
Upon my weary heart was showered smiles, plaudits and flowers, but beyond them I saw troubles and thorns innumerable.
rivers differences mountain
It is not differences of opinion; it is geographical lines, rivers, and mountains which divide State from State, and make different nations of mankind.
justice long people
Obstacles may retard, but they cannot long prevent the progress of a movement sanctified by its justice, and sustained by a virtuous people .
country memories hero
It is our duty to keep the memory of our heroes green. Yet they belong to the whole country; they belong to America.