Sparks Commentary

Warning: This blog post contains some disturbing pictures. One of these in particular is very graphic, and may merit special caution. I grew...

“England's course towards the United States during the rebellion exasperated the people of this country very much against the mother cou...

“In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war . The Government will not assail you...

Living in Arizona, one doesn’t have to ask why the  “Mexican-American War”  is important. I live in a part of Arizona that was once part of...

"Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continu...

"The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounti...

"The occupation, separation, and annexation [of Texas] were, from the inception of the movement to its final consummation, a conspira...

"My family is American , and has been for generations, in all its branches, direct and collateral." - Opening lines of "P...

"The war between the States was a very bloody and a very costly war. One side or the other had to yield principles they deemed dearer...