I Am A Freeman And

My Ambition For Station Was Always Easily Controlled. If The Place Came To Me It Was Welcome. But It Never Seemed To Me Worth Seeking At The Cost Of Self-respect, Or Independence. My Family Were Not Historic; They Were Well-to-do, Did Not Hold Or Seek Office. It Was Easy For Me To Be Contented In Private Life. An Honor Was No Honor To Me, If Obtained By My Own Seeking.

I Am A Radical In Thought (and Principle) And A Conservative In Method (and Conduct).

The Study Of Tools As Well As Of Books Should Have A Place In The Public Schools. Tools, Machinery, And The Implements Of The Farmshould Be Made Familiar To Every Boy, And Suitable Industrial Education Should Be Furnished For Every Girl.

Let Me Assure My Countrymen Of The Southern States That It Is My Earnest Desire To Regard And Promote Their Truest Interest - The Interests Of The White And Of The Colored People Both And Equally And To Put Forth My Best Efforts In Behalf Of A Civil Policy Which Will Forever Wipe Out In Our Political Affairs The Color Line And The Distinction Between North And South, To The End That We May Have Not Merely A United North Or A United South, But A United Country.

Do Not Let Your Bachelor Ways Crystallize So That You Can't Soften Them When You Come To Have A Wife And A Family Of Your Own.