The very mudsills of society. . . . We call them slaves. . . . But I will not characterize that class at the North with that term; but you have it. It is there, it is everywhere; it is eternal.
James H. Hammond (1807-1864): Speech in the U. S. Senate, March, 1858.
It would be superfluous in me to point out to your Lordship that this is war.
Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886): Despatch to Earl Russell, Sept. 5, 1863.
We are swinging round the circle.
Andrew Johnson (1808-1875): On the Presidential Reconstruction Tour, August, 1866.
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We have been friends together
In sunshine and in shade.