Will Davis
Will Davis
war enemy felons
Butler is branded a felon, an outlaw, an enemy of Mankind, and so ordered that in the event of his capture, the officer in command of the capturing force do cause him to be immediately executed by hanging.
country feelings bitter
Lay aside all rancor, all bitter sectional feeling, and to make your places in the ranks of those who will bring about a consummation devoutly to be wished—a reunited country.
son gains troops
The troops of other states have their reputation to gain, the sons of the Alamo have theirs to maintain.
two together half
Vicksburg is the nail head that holds the South’s two halves together.
war praying excuse
Pray excuse me. I cannot take it.
war forever unions
A restitution of the Union has been rendered forever impossible.
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.