Excerpt from The Rebellion Record, Vol. 2: A Diary of American Events, With Documents, Narratives, Illustrative Incidents, Poetry, EtcHouse of Representatives. This is a direct result of the triumph of Manassas. We have converted near one-third of the United States House of Representatives from the error of their warlike ways by the powerful display of our ability to conquer a peace. We first asked peace. It was refused. Now we will conquer it. We have conquered one-third of it already. Another great victory like, or even less than that of Manassas, and we shall conquer another third - the two-thirds including all the common sense men of the North, who will be brought to conversion: and the outside third, the radical abolition fanatics, will alone remain, the de spised minority of their countrymen, who will rule them out of voice in the Government. Let us wait, and hope, and fight, as if we had still three-thirds to conquer.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.