Woe unto the world because of offenses!...Woe to that man by whom the offense cometh."

But perhaps the most interesting object [found in a vacated Confederate home] was a Text-book upon the Divinity of Slavery, written by a Reverend Doctor Smith, for the use of schools; its marked lessons and dirty dog-ears showing that it had troubled the brains and thumbs of youthful Rebels. Instilled into infant minds, and preached from their pulpits, we need not wonder that they, with the heartless metaphysics of northern sympathy; should consider slavery "an incalculable blessing," and should now be in arms to vindicate their treason, its legitimate offspring. 
                                           -William H. Armstrong, Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals