We must support our rights or lose our character, and with it, perhaps, our liberties.

Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all - liberty!

I enter on the trust to which I have been called by the suffrages of my fellow-citizens with my fervent prayers to the Almighty that He will be graciously pleased to continue to us that protection which He has already so conspicuously displayed in our favor.

The liberty, prosperity, and the happiness of our country will always be the object of my most fervent prayers to the Supreme Author of All Good.

The great increase of our population throughout the Union will alone produce an important effect, and in no quarter will it be so sensibly felt as in those in contemplation.

We must support our rights or lose our character, and with it, perhaps, our liberties.

The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.