I Have Reached The Summit Of My

I Have Reached The Summit Of My Ambition.

It Is A Damn Poor Mind Indeed Which Can't Think Of At Least Two Ways To Spell Any Word.

It Is Our Sacred Duty To Transmit Unimpaired To Our Posterity The Blessings Of Liberty Which Were Bequeathed To Us By The Founders Of The Republic.

The Homestead Policy Was Established Only After Long And Earnest Resistance; Experience Proves Its Wisdom. The Lands In The Hands Of Industrious Settlers, Whose Labor Creates Wealth And Contributes To The Public Resources, Are Worth More To The United States Than If They Had Been Reserved As A Solitude For Future Purchasers.

Notwithstanding A Mendacious Press; Notwithstanding A Subsidized Gang Of Hirelings Who Have Not Ceased To Traduce Me, I Have Discharged All My Official Duties And Fulfilled My Pledges. And I Say Here Tonight That If My Predecessor Had Lived, The Vials Of Wrath Would Have Poured Out Upon Him.