In this enlightened age, there are few I believe, but what will acknowledge, that slavery as an institution is a moral & political evil in any country. It is useless to expatiate on its disadvantages.
From Robert E. Lee
What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors.
We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We have been defeated. For us as a Christian people, there is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation.
The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides.
I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.
I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness, that our only hope is in God.
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