Legislation and adjudication must follow, and conform to, the progress of society.
What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence?
If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it.
I would like to speak in terms of praise due to the many brave officers and soldiers who have fought in the cause of the war.
Labor is the great source from which nearly all, if not all, human comforts and necessities are drawn.
I must keep some standard of principle fixed within myself.