We must regain Texas, peaceably if we can, forcibly if we must.

Their object is disunion.

I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its successful experiment that corruption has been imputed to many members of the House of Representatives, and the rights of the people have been bartered for promises of office.

As long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will; as long as it secures to us the rights of person and property, liberty of conscience, and of the press, it will be worth defending.

Corporations have neither bodies to kick, nor souls to damn.

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

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.