Duties Have Been Mine; Consequences

If I Am To Be Shot At, I Want No Man To Be In The Way Of The Bullet.

I Have Lived Among Negroes, All My Life, And I Am For This Government With Slavery Under The Constitution As It Is. I Am For The Government Of My Fathers With Negroes. I Am For It Without Negroes. Before I Would See This Government Destroyed I Would Send Every Negro Back To Africa, Disintegrated And Blotted Out Of Space

Honest Conviction Is My Courage; The Constitution Is My Guide.

The Goal To Strive For Is A Poor Government But A Rich People.

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.