MONTGOMERY BLAIR

Every new conquest made by the rebels strengthens their hands at home and their claim to recognition as an independent people abroad. So long as the rebels could claim “that the Northern men are deficient in the courage necessary to maintain the Government,” the secession momentum would continue.

The country is going to ruin for a want of a proper Head to the War Department.

The author of the Declaration of Independence and his associates declared equal rights impracticable in society constituted of masses of different races

Every new conquest made by the rebels strengthens their hands at home and their claim to recognition as an independent people abroad. So long as the rebels could claim “that the Northern men are deficient in the courage necessary to maintain the Government,” the secession momentum would continue.

The country is going to ruin for a want of a proper Head to the War Department.

The author of the Declaration of Independence and his associates declared equal rights impracticable in society constituted of masses of different races