I Hold It The Duty

The Enactment Of The Homestead Act Would Create The Strongest Tie Between The Citizen And The Government-he Would With Cheerfulness Contribute His Proportionable Part Of The Taxes To Defray The Expenses Of The Political System Under Which He Lived.

Outside Of The Constitution We Have No Legal Authority More Than Private Citizens, And Within It We Have Only So Much As That Instrument Gives Us. This Broad Principle Limits All Our Functions And Applies To All Subjects.

I Tell Our Sisters In The South That So Far As Tennessee Is Concerned She Will Not Be Dragged Into A Southern Or Any Other Confederacy Until She Has Had Time To Consider; And Then She Will Go When She Believes It To Be Her Interest, And Not Before.

Let Them Impeach And Be Damned.

If You Could Extend The Elective Franchise To All Persons Of Color Who Can Read The Constitution Of The United States In English And Write Their Names And To All Persons Of Color Who Own Real Estate Valued At Not Less Than Two Hundred And Fifty Dollars And Pay Taxes Thereon, And Would Completely Disarm The Adversary. This You Can Do With Perfect Safety. And As A Consequence, The Radicals, Who Are Wild Upon Negro Franchise, Will Be Completely Foiled In Their Attempts To Keep The Southern States From Renewing Their Relations To The Union.