A Stout Heart, A Clear Conscience, And

Occasional War Is One Of The Rigorous Instruments In The Hands Of Providence To Give Tone To The Character Of Nations.

Whether To The Nation Or To The State, No Service Can Be Or Ever Will Be Rendered By A More Able Or A More Faithful Public Servant.

The Conflict Between The Principle Of Liberty And The Fact Of Slavery Is Coming Gradually To An Issue. Slavery Has Now The Power, And Falls Into Convulsions At The Approach Of Freedom.

Slavery Is The Great And Foul Stain Upon The North American Union. A Dissolution, At Least Temporary, Of The Union, As Now Constituted, Would Now Be Certainly Necessary. The Union Might Then Be Reorganized On The Fundamental Principle Of Emancipation.

Our Political Way Of Life Is By The Laws Of Nature And Of Nature's God, And Of Course Presupposes The Existence Of God, The Moral Ruler Of The Universe, And A Rule Of Right And Wrong, Of Just And Unjust, Binding Upon Man, Preceding All Institutions Of Human Society And Government.