The Unrestricted Competition So Commonly Advocated Does

We People In Camp Are Merely Big Children, Wayward And Changeable.

If Any Of My Men Kill Prisoners, I'll Kill Them.

These Semi-traitors [union Generals Who Were Not Hostile To Slavery] Must Be Watched. Let Us Be Careful Who Become Army Leaders In The Reorganized Army At The End Of This Rebellion. The Man Who Thinks That The Perpetuity Of Slavery Is Essential To The Existence Of The Union, Is Unfit To Be Trusted. The Deadliest Enemy The Union Has Is Slavery - In Fact, Its Only Enemy.

What Congress And The Popular Sentiment Approve Is Rarely Defeated By Reason Of Constitutional Objections. I Trust The Measure Will Turn Out Well. It Is A Great Relief To Me. Defeat In This Way, After A Full And Public Hearing Before This [electoral] Commission, Is Not Mortifying In Any Degree, And Success Will Be In All Respects More Satisfactory.

I Do Not Think A Revival Of Business Will Be Greatly Postponed By [samuel J.] Tilden's Election. Business Prosperity Does Not, Inmy Judgment, Depend On Government So Much As Men Commonly Think.