I Can Express No Better Hope For

I Can Express No Better Hope For My Country Than That The Kind Providence Which Smiled Upon Our Fathers May Enable Their Children To Preserve The Blessings They Have Inherited.

There Is Nothing Left To Do But Get Drunk.

I Never Justify, Sustain, Or In Any Way Or To Any Extent Uphold This Cruel, Heartless, Aimless Unnecessary War.

In Expressing Briefly My Views Upon An Important Subject Which Has Recently Agitated The Nation..., I Fervently Hope That The Question Is At Rest And That No Sectional Or Ambitious Or Fanatical Excitement May Again Threaten The Durability Of Our Institutions.

While Men Inhabiting Different Parts Of This Vast Continent Cannot Be Expected To Hold The Same Opinions, They Can Unite In A Common Objective And Sustain Common Principles.