The war begot a spirit of independence and enterprise.

The feeling now is, that a youth must cut loose from his old surroundings to enable him to get up in the world.

There is now such a commingling of the people that particular idioms and pronunciation are no longer localized to any great extent; the country has filled up "from the centre all around to the sea"; railroads connect the two oceans and all parts of the interior; maps, nearly perfect, of every part of the country are now furnished the student of geography.
The war has made us a nation of great power and intelligence.

We have but little to do to preserve peace, happiness and prosperity at home, and the respect of other nations.

Our experience ought to teach us the necessity of the first; our power secures the latter.
I feel that we are on the eve of a new era, when there is to be great harmony between the Federal and Confederate.