If the rabble were lopped off at one end and the aristocrat at the other, all would be well with the country.

The enactment of the Homestead Act would create the strongest tie between the citizen and the Government-he would with cheerfulness contribute his proportionable part of the taxes to defray the expenses of the political system under which he lived.

It is a damn poor mind indeed which can't think of at least two ways to spell any word.

I feel incompetent to perform duties...which have been so unexpectedly thrown upon me.

Slavery exists. It is black in the South, and white in the North.

I am sworn to uphold the Constitution as Andy Johnson understands it and interprets it.

Whenever you hear a man prating about the Constitution, spot him as a traitor.