If a man will stand up and assert, and repeat and re-assert, that two and two do not make four, I know nothing in the power of argument that can stop him.

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

I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails under which laborers can strike when they want to.

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.

We live in the midst of alarms; anxiety beclouds the future; we expect some new disaster with each newspaper we read.

Relying, as I do, upon the Almighty Power, and encouraged as I am by these resolutions which you have just read, with the support which I receive from Christian men, I shall not hesitate to use all the means at my control to secure the termination of this rebellion, and will hope for success.

I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right. But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation should be on the Lord's side.