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

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

I have nothing to do with opinions. I deal only with armed rebellion and its aiders and abettors.