I appreciate the fact, and am proud of it, that the attentions I am receiving are intended more for our country than for me personally.

Our great modern Republic. May those who seek the blessings of its institutions and the protection of its flag remember the obligations they impose.

I leave comparisons to history, claiming only that I have acted in every instance from a conscientious desire to do what was right, constitutional, within the law, and for the very best interests of the whole people. Failures have been errors of judgment, not of intent.

I would like to call your attention to ... an evil that, if allowed to continue, will probably lead to great trouble ... It is the accumulation of vast amounts of untaxed church property.

Retreat? NO. I propose to attach at daylight and whip them.

I would suggest the taxation of all property equally whether church or corporation.

The cause of the great War of the Rebellion against the United Status will have to be attributed to slavery.