Much is being said about peace; and no man desires peace more ardently than I. Still I am yet unprepared to give up the Union fora peace which, so achieved, could not be of much duration.

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

To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.

confused and Stunned, like a duck hit on the head.

I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man.

In the early days of the world, the Almighty said to the first of our race "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread"; and since then, if we except the light and the air of heaven, no good thing has been, or can be enjoyed by us, without having first cost labour.