In this age, in this country, public sentiment is everything. With it, nothing can fail; against it, nothing can succeed. Whoever molds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes, or pronounces judicial decisions.
I belive that people should fight for what they believe and only what they believe.
Elections belong to the people. It's their decision.
You know I dislike slavery; and you fully admit the abstract wrong of it.
It is much easier to ride a horse in the direction it is going.
Let us strive on to finish the work we are in.