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.

Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in. That every man may receive at least a moderate education...appears to be an object of vital importance...

God must love the common man, he made so many of them.

We live in the midst of alarms; anxiety beclouds the future; we expect some new disaster with each newspaper we read.

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.

The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.

What is conservatism? Is it not the adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried?