Forefathers Quote by Robert E. Lee

I think then, 1st, that the only safety of the South from abolition universal is to be found in an early dissolution of the…

— Henry L. Benning

If Lincoln's primary goal in the War was not the abolition of slavery but simply to preserve the Union, the question arises: Why did…

— G. Edward Griffin

The whole fabric of southern society must be changed, and never can it be done if this opportunity is lost. Without this, this government…

— Thaddeus Stevens

“Our Federal Union - It Must Be Preserved”

— Andrew Jackson

As much as I value an union of all the states, I would not admit the southern states into the union, unless they agreed…

— George Mason

Most Southern soldiers viewed the driving issue to be sovereignty rather than slavery. Love of the Union was palpably stronger in the South than…

— Jim Webb

The Union next to our liberties the most dear. May we all remember that it can only be preserved by respecting the rights of…

— John C. Calhoun

“The South must be opened to the light of law and liberty, and this session of Congress is relied upon to accomplish this important…

— Frederick Douglass

It would be well for those interested to reflect whether there now exists, or ever has existed, a wealthy and civilized community in which…

— John C. Calhoun

If the Constitution is adopted (and it was) the Union will be in fact and in theory an association of States or a Confederacy.

— Alexander Hamilton

Talk about slavery! It is not the peculiar institution of the South. It exists wherever men are bought and sold, wherever a man allows…

— Henry David Thoreau

[We should be] determined... to sever ourselves from the union we so much value rather than give up the rights of self-government... in which…

— Thomas Jefferson