For an enemy so relentless in the war for our subjugation, we could not be expected to mourn; yet, in view of its political consequences, it could not be regarded otherwise than as a great misfortune for the South.
If the Confederacy fails, there should be written on its tombstone: Died of a Theory.
Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.
African slavery, as it exists in the United States, is a moral, a social, and a political blessing.