I Was Too Weak To Defend, So

Live In The World You Inhabit. Look Upon Things As They Are. Take Them As You Find Them. Make The Best Of Them. Turn Them To Your Advantage.

I Am Of The Opinion That All Who Can Should Vote For The Most Intelligent, Honest, And Conscientious Men Eligible To Office, Irrespective Of Former Party Opinions, Who Will Endeavour To Make The New Constitutions And The Laws Passed Under Them As Beneficial As Possible To The True Interests, Prosperity, And Liberty Of All Classes And Conditions Of The People.

Teach Him To Deny Himself.

So Far From Engaging In A War To Perpetuate Slavery, I Am Rejoiced That Slavery Is Abolished.

The Framers Of Our Constitution Never Exhausted So Much Labor, Wisdom, And Forbearance In Its Formation, And Surrounded It With So Many Guards And Securities, If It Was Intended To Be Broken By Every Member Of The Confederacy At Will.