I Should Be Glad If

Beneath A Free Government There Is Nothing But The Intelligence Of The People To Keep The People's Peace. Order Must Be Preserved, Not By A Military Police Or Regiments Of Horse-guards, But By The Spontaneous Concert Of A Well-informed Population, Resolved That The Rights Which Have Been Rescued From Despotism Shall Not Be Subverted By Anarchy.

The Evil, Sir, Is Enormous; The Inevitable Suffering Incalculable. Do Not Stain The Fair Fame Of The Country. . . . Nations Of Dependent Indians, Against Their Will, Under Color Of Law, Are Driven From Their Homes Into The Wilderness. You Cannot Explain It; You Cannot Reason It Away. . . . Our Friends Will View This Measure With Sorrow, And Our Enemies Alone With Joy. And We Ourselves, Sir, When The Interests And Passions Of The Day Are Past, Shall Look Back Upon It, I Fear, With Self-reproach, And A Regret As Bitter As Unavailing.

The Heart Of The People, North And South, Is For The Union.

There Is No Sanctuary Of Virtue Like A Home.

Freedom May Come Quickly In Robes Of Peace Or After Ages Of Conflict And War, But Come It Will, And Abide It Will, So Long As The Principles By Which It Was Acquired Are Held Sacred.