James Hamilton Lewis

“ All in one voice meet the foe with the cry: 'liberty or death.' Today, America, forced to war, still loving peace, pledges every son and the woman of his house to the cause of liberty and the honor of our flag. ”

“ Among modern nations, France survived revolution from within, but was overcome in assault from without under Wellington. England triumphed in the revolution under Cromwell, and was victorious over foreign foe at Waterloo. Our America endured the internal conflict of '60 and '64, and molded a brotherhood of the south and north into one invincible union. ”

“ The second is the assault from without, springing from envy or hatred by foreign rivals. If a nation cannot survive these assaults, she is overcome by internal revolution, or subjugated by foreign foe. Only when a people by trial proves itself able to withstand both assaults will civilization admit it a place as a permanent nation of earth. ”