John Cribb > Quotes

“A considerable portion of the country’s wealth is invested in slaves.” “Ill-gotten wealth does no man any good.” “That’s true.” “It’s as true of nations as individuals,” Billy avowed. “All the ill-gotten gain wrenched by us from the Negro will eventually be taken from us, and we’ll be set back where we began.”
― John Cribb, Old Abe

“And another saying ten thousand men have organized in Maryland and Virginia. They’ve pledged to seize the capital before you can take the oath of office.”
― John Cribb, Old Abe

“He’ll be back in a few minutes,” Abraham told the man hoping for the plum office. “As soon as he realizes he’ll get no more, he’ll come get it.”
― John Cribb, Old Abe

“Tense rumors filtered out of the nation’s capital—whispers of schemes to prevent the counting of electoral votes and plots to kidnap the president-elect. He sat beside a potbellied stove in the statehouse on a snowy evening, whittling on a stick and discussing the reports with a circle of friends.”
― John Cribb, Old Abe