Where Annual Elections End Where Slavery Begins.

I Shall Look For Whatever Success May Attend My Public Service; And Knowing That "except The Lord Keep The City The Watchman Waketh But In Vain," With Fervent Supplications For His Favor, To His Overruling Providence I Commit With Humble But Fearless Confidence My Own Fate And The Future Destinies Of My Country.

America Is A Friend Of Freedom Everywhere, But A Custodian Only Of Our Own.

The Imagination Of A Eunuch Dwells More And Longer Upon The Material Of Love Than That Of Man Or Woman ... Supplying, So Far As He Can, By Speculation, The Place Of Pleasures He Can No Longer Enjoy.

The Harmony Of The Nation Is Promoted And The Whole Union Is Knit Together By The Sentiments Of Mutual Respect, The Habits Of Social Intercourse, And The Ties Of Personal Friendship Formed Between The Representatives Of Its Several Parts In The Performance Of Their Service At This Metropolis.

The Political System Of The United States Is Essentially Extra-european. To Stand In Firm And Cautious Independence Of All Entanglement In The European System Has Been A Cardinal Point Of Their Policy Under Every Administration Of Their Government From The Peace Of 1783 To This Day...every Year's Experience Rivets It More Deeply In The Principles And Opinions Of The Nation.