"The citizens of each state shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states, …"

"No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be p…"

"I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interests of the South. So fully am I s…"

"There lies the most perfect ruler of men the world has ever seen. Now he belongs to the ages."

"The General Assembly shall, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and every tenth year thereafter, c…"

"The General Assembly shall have no power to pass laws for the emancipation of slaves."

"War means fighting, and fighting means killing."

"As ensigns of an unholy cause the Confederate flags are, and of right ought to be, odious to the eyes of loyalty."

"If you surrender, you shall be treated as prisoners of war, but if I have to storm your works, you may expect no quar…"

"The issue before the country is the extinction of slavery... No man of common sense, who has observed the progress of…"