We can not have free government without elections; and if the rebellion could force us to forego, or postpone a national election it might fairly claim to have already conquered and ruined us.

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

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

We shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it.

Nothing in this world is impossible to a willing heart.

The world is agreed that labor is the source from which human wants are mainly supplied. There is no dispute upon this point.

Upon this subject, the habits of our whole species fall into three great classes--useful labour, useless labour and idleness. Of these the first only is meritorious; and to it all the products of labour rightfully belong; but the two latter, while they exist, are heavy pensioners upon the first, robbing it of a large portion of it's just rights. The only remedy for this is to, as far as possible, drive useless labour and idleness out of existence.