hiː dᵻskɹˈaɪbd dˈeɪvɪs æz ˈeɪ "ɹˈɛnəɡˌeɪd ænd ɐ tɹˈeɪɾɚ," ænd stˈeɪɾᵻd ðæt tˌɛnəsˈiː wʊd nˌɑːt bˈiː "hˈʊd wˈɪŋkt, bæmbˈuːzəld ænd dɹˈæɡd ˌɪntʊ jʊɹ sˈʌðɚn, kˈɑːdfɪʃ, ɚɹˌɪstəkɹˈæɾɪk, tˈoːɹi blˈʌdᵻd, sˈaʊθ kˌæɹəlˈaɪnə məbˈɑːkɹəsi."
He described Davis as a "renegade and a traitor," and stated that Tennessee would not be "hood winked, bamboozled and dragged into your Southern, codfish, aristocratic, tory blooded, South Carolina mobocracy."