The connection which formerly existed between the Government and banks was in reality injurious to both, as well as to the general interests of the community at large.

I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men, whose superiors it is our happiness to believe are not found on the executive calendar of any country.

Between Russia and the United States sentiments of good will continue to be mutually cherished.

Railroad carriages are pulled at the enormous speed of fifteen miles per hour by engines which, in addition to endangering life and limb of passengers, roar and snort their way through the countryside, setting fire to the crops, scaring the livestock, and frightening women and children. The Almighty certainly never intended that people should travel at such break-neck speed.

I never knew a man more free from conceit, or one to whom it was a greater extent a pleasure, as well as a recognized duty, to listen patiently to what might be said to him upon any subject under consideration....Neither, I need scarcely say, was he in the habit of talking, much less boasting, of his own achievements.

The connection which formerly existed between the Government and banks was in reality injurious to both, as well as to the general interests of the community at large.

I shall tread in the footsteps of my illustrious predecessor.