After a harassing warfare, prolonged by the nature of the country and by the difficulty of procuring subsistence, the Indians were entirely defeated, and the disaffected band dispersed or destroyed. The result has been creditable to the troops engaged in the service. Severe as is the lesson to the Indians, it was rendered necessary by their unprovoked aggressions, and it is to be hoped that its impression will be permanent and salutary.

There are, perhaps, few men who can for any length of time enjoy office and power without being more or less under the influence of feelings unfavorable to the faithful discharge of their political duties.

No free government can stand without virtue in the people, and a lofty spirit of partiotism.

Give me a thousand Tennesseans, and I'll whip any other thousand men on the globe!

The great can protect themselves, but the poor and humble require the arm and shield of the law.

I was born for a storm and a calm does not suit me.

Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there.