God knows that I detest slavery, but it is an existing evil, for which we are not responsible, and we must endure it, till we can get rid of it without destroying the last hope of free government in the world.

Church and state should be separate, not only in form, but fact - religion and politics should not be mingled.

The law is the only sure protection of the weak, and the only efficient restraint upon the strong.

May God save the country, for it is evident that the people will not.

God knows that I detest slavery, but it is an existing evil, for which we are not responsible, and we must endure it, till we can get rid of it without destroying the last hope of free government in the world.

The Masonic fraternity tramples upon our rights, defeats the administration of justice, and bids defiance to every government which it cannot control.

It is not strange... to mistake change for progress.