I know I have not that much; and yet men set me down in their fool's books as a wise man; an independent character; strong-minded, and all that cant.

我知道我没有那么多；然而人们在他们的傻瓜书里却把我当成聪明人；独立的性格；坚强的意志，以及所有不能做到的。

The dignity of the state, if any might be bold enough to question it, was safeguarded in the opening line by the declaration that each acted " in its sovereign and independent character" in forming the Southern union.

国家的尊严， 如果有人敢于质疑它的话，在开场白中得到了声明， 即每个国家“以其主权和独立的性质” 组建南方联盟的声明得到了维护。