I Hear You Have Abolitionists Here. We

I Have Not Permitted Myself, Gentlemen, To Conclude That I Am The Best Man In The Country; But I Am Reminded, In This Connection, Of A Story Of An Old Dutch Farmer, Who Remarked To A Companion Once That "it Was Not Best To Swap Horses When Crossing Streams."

I Hold That If The Almighty Had Ever Made A Set Of Men That Should Do All The Eating And None Of The Work, He Would Have Made Them With Mouths Only And No Hands, And If He Had Ever Made Another Class That He Intended Should Do All The Work And None Of The Eating, He Would Have Made Them Without Mouths And With All Hands.

Allow Me To Assure You, That Suspicion And Jealousy Never Did Help Any Man In Any Situation.

Every One Desires To Live Long, But No One Would Be Old.

The Strength Of A Nation Lies In The Homes Of Its People.