Foreign powers do not seem to appreciate the true character of our government.

The Constitution itself, plainly written as it is, the safeguard of our federative compact, the offspring of concession and compromise, binding together in the bonds of peace and union this great and increasing family of free and independent States, will be the chart by which I shall be directed.

No union exists between church and state, and perfect freedom of opinion is guaranteed to all sects and creeds.

General Taylor is, I have no doubt, a well-meaning old man. He is, however, uneducated, exceedingly ignorant of public affairs, and I should judge, of very ordinary capacity.

When I observed a strong man approaching I generally took advantage of him by being a little quicker than he was and seizing him by the tip of the fingers, giving him a hearty shake, and thus preventing him from getting a full grip upon me.

Under the benignant providence of Almighty God the representatives of the States and of the people are again brought together to deliberate for the public good.

Minorities have a right to appeal to the Constitution as a shield against such oppression.