Duties have been mine; consequences are God's.

I have lived among negroes, all my life, and I am for this Government with slavery under the Constitution as it is. I am for the Government of my fathers with negroes. I am for it without negroes. Before I would see this Government destroyed I would send every negro back to Africa, disintegrated and blotted out of space

For myself, I care not whether treason be committed North or South; he that is guilty of treason is entitled to a traitor's fate!

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

When I die, I desire no better winding sheet than the Stars and Stripes, and no softer pillow than the Constitution of my country.

Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide.

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