In Receiving From The People The Sacred

I Never Knew A Man More Free From Conceit, Or One To Whom It Was A Greater Extent A Pleasure, As Well As A Recognized Duty, To Listen Patiently To What Might Be Said To Him Upon Any Subject Under Consideration....neither, I Need Scarcely Say, Was He In The Habit Of Talking, Much Less Boasting, Of His Own Achievements.

Those Who Have Wrought Great Changes In The World Never Succeeded By Gaining Over Chiefs; But Always By Exciting The Multitude. The First Is The Resource Of Intrigue And Produces Only Secondary Results, The Second Is The Resort Of Genius And Transforms The Universe.

The Case Of The Seminoles Constitutes At Present The Only Exception To The Successful Efforts Of The Government To Remove The Indians To The Homes Assigned Them West Of The Mississippi.

I Am More Than Ever Convinced Of The Dangers To Which The Free And Unbiased Exercise Of Political Opinion - The Only Sure Foundation And Safeguard Of Republican Government - Would Be Exposed By Any Further Increase Of The Already Overgrown Influence Of Corporate Authorities.

In A Government Whose Distinguishing Characteristic Should Be A Diffusion And Equalization Of Its Benefits And Burdens The Advantage Of Individuals Will Be Augmented At The Expense Of The Community At Large.