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". . . my mind is fixed. I know no other Country, no other
Government, than the United States & their Constitution.͞
"I can anticipate no greater calamity for the country than a dissolution
of the Union. It would be an accumulation of all the evils we complain
of, & I am willing to sacrifice every thing but honor for its preservation. .
. . Secession is nothing but revolution. . . .͞
"I have felt that I ought not longer to retain my commission in
the Army. I therefore tender my resignation. . . . Save in defense
of my native State, I never desire again to draw my sword.͞
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"We are now in the midst of trying times when every one must be for or
against his country, and show his colors by his eerie act. Having been educated
for such an emergency, at the expense of the Government, I feel that it has
upon me superior claims. . . . There are but two parties now, Traitors &
Patriots and I want hereafter to be ranked with the latter. . . . ͞
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"There is such a feeling aroused through the country now as has
not been known since the Revolution. Every company called for
in the Presidents proclamation has been organized, and filled to
near double the amount that can be received. . . . ͞
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"Sir, if you ever again presume to speak
disrespectfully of General Grant in my
presence, either you or I will sever his
connection with this university."
Robert E. Lee at Washington College, late
1865