October Twenty-Fourth
IMMORTALITY
Battles nor songs can from Oblivion save,
But Fame upon a white deed loves to build;
From out that cup of water Sidney gave,
Not one drop has been spilled.
Lizette Woodworth Reese
October Twenty-Fifth
Supposing a disintegration of the Union, notwithstanding all efforts to prevent it, to be forced upon us by the obstinacy and impracticability of parties on each side—the case would still be far from hopeless. The Border States, in that event, would form, in self-defence, a Confederacy of their own, which would serve as a centre of reinforcement for the reconstruction of the Union.
John P. Kennedy
(In “The Border States—their Power and Duty in the Present Disordered Condition of the Country”)
John P. Kennedy born, 1795
October Twenty-Sixth
Give us back the ties of Yorktown!
Perish all the modern hates!
Let us stand together, brothers,
In defiance of the Fates;
For the safety of the Union
Is the safety of the States!
James Barron Hope
(Centennial Ode)