We, on our side, are praying to Him to give us victory, because we believe we are right; but those on the other side pray to Him, look for victory, believing they are right. What must He think of us?

I have stepped out upon this platform that I may see you and that you may see me, and in the arrangement I have the best of the bargain.

We want, and must have, a national policy, as to slavery, which deals with it as being wrong.

I go for all sharing the privileges of the government who assist in bearing its burdens.

Do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity, the Declaration of Independence.

We know nothing of what will happen in future, but by the analogy of experience.

Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him, who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulty.