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.

Although in our country the Chief Magistrate must almost of necessity be chosen by a party and stand pledged to its principles and measures, yet in his official action he should not be the President of a part only, but of the whole people of the United States.

The Presidency is not a bed of roses.

One great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights.

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

I cannot, whilst President of the United States, descend to enter into a newspaper controversy.

We must ever mandate the principle that the people of this continent alone have the right to decide their own destiny.