But America Is A Great, Unwieldy Body.

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.

The Imagination Of A Eunuch Dwells More And Longer Upon The Material Of Love Than That Of Man Or Woman ... Supplying, So Far As He Can, By Speculation, The Place Of Pleasures He Can No Longer Enjoy.

There Still Remains One Effort Of Magnanimity, One Sacrifice Of Prejudice And Passion, To Be Made By The Individuals Throughout The Nation Who Have Heretofore Followed The Standards Of Political Party. It Is That Of Discarding Every Remnant Of Rancor Against Each Other, Of Embracing As Countrymen And Friends, And Of Yielding To Talents And Virtue Alone That Confidence Which In Times Of Contention For Principle Was Bestowed Only Upon Those Who Bore The Badge Of Party Communion.

We Know The Redemption Must Come. The Time And The Manner Of Its Coming We Know Not: It May Come In Peace, Or It May Come In Blood; But Whether In Peace Or In Blood, Let It Come.

About One-half Of The Members Of Congress Are Seekers For Office At The Nomination Of The President. Of The Remainder, At Least One-half Have Some Appointment Or Favor To Ask For Their Relatives.