Care for him who shall have borne the battle

Labor is the great source from which nearly all, if not all, human comforts and necessities are drawn.

As a nation we began by declaring that all me are created equal. We now practically read it, all men are created equal except Negroes.

What has ever threatened our liberty and prosperity save and except this institution of Slavery?

I have simply tried to do what seemed best each day, as each day came.

It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is apt to lead to infidelity.

While I am deeply sensible to the high compliment of a re-election; and duly grateful, as I trust, to Almighty God for having directed my countrymen to a right conclusion, as I think, for their own good, it adds nothing to my satisfaction that any other man may be disappointed or pained by the result.