"If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail." — Ulysses S. Grant

Declare Church and State forever separate and distinct, but each free within their proper spheres, and that all church property shall bear its own proportion of taxation.

I would suggest the taxation of all property equally, whether church or corporation, exempting only the last resting place of the dead and possibly, with proper restrictions, church edifices.

No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works.

I know only two tunes: one of them is 'Yankee Doodle', and the other isn't.