A Resignation Is A Grave Act; Never

True Democracy Makes No Enquiry About The Color Of The Skin, Or The Place Of Nativity. Wherever It Sees A Man, It Recognizes A Being Endowed By His Creator With Original Inalienable Rights

No More Slave States And No More Slave Territory.

If Congress Sees Fit To Impose A Capitation, Or Other Direct Tax, It Must Be Laid In Proportion To The Census; If Congress Determines To Impose Duties, Imposts, And Excises, They Must Be Uniform Throughout The United States. These Are Not Strictly Limitations Of Power. They Are Rules Prescribing The Mode In Which It Shall Be Exercised... This Review Shows That Personal Property, Contracts, Occupations, And The Like Have Never Been Regarded By Congress As Proper Subjects Of Direct Tax.

My Agency In Promoting The Passage Of The National Banking Act Was The Greatest Mistake Of My Life. It Has Built Up A Monopoly Which Affects Every Interest In The Country

Once I Should Have Been, If Not Satisfied, Partially, At Least, Contented With Suffrage For The Intelligent And Those Who Have Been Soldiers; Now I Am Convinced That Universal Suffrage Is Demanded By Sound Policy And Impartial Justice.