Truth And Mercy Require The Exertion -

I Trust, That Your Readers Will Not Construe My Words To Mean, That I Would Not Have Gone To A 3 O'clock In The Morning Session, For The Sake Of Defeating The Nebraska Bill.

But, Although America Cannot Be Justly Charged With Violating The Rights Of Turkey, Turkey Nevertheless Can Be Justly Charged With Violating The Rights Of America.

The Only Ground On Which A Neutral State Can Claim Respect At The Hands Of Belligerents Is, That, So Far As She Is Concerned, Their Rights Are Protected.

It Is Not To Be Disguised, That A War Has Broken Out Between The North And The South. - Political And Commercial Men Are Industriously Striving To Restore Peace: But The Peace, Which They Would Effect, Is Superficial, False, And Temporary.

Truth And Mercy Require The Exertion - Never The Suppression, Of Man's Noble Rights And Powers.