The Life Of A Republic Lies Certainly

Let Them Impeach And Be Damned.

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.

The Life Of A Republic Lies Certainly In The Energy, Virtue, And Intelligence Of Its Citizens.

I Am Sworn To Uphold The Constitution As Andy Johnson Understands It And Interprets It.