The slave-breeders and slave-traders, are a small, odious and detested class, among you; and yet in politics, they dictate the course of all of you, and are as completely your masters, as you are the master of your own negroes.

An inspection of the Constitution will show that the right of property in a slave in not "distinctly and expressly affirmed" in it.

Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior ofcapital, and deserves muchthe higher consideration.

I am a moderate walker, however I never stroll back.

Now, and ever, I shall do all in my power for peace, consistently with the maintenance of government.

You must think I am a high-priced man.... Fifteen dollars is enough for the job. I send you a receipt for fifteen dollars, and return to you a ten-dollar bill.

Cling to liberty and right; battle fro them; leed for them; die for them, if need be; and have confidence in God.