Of All Knaves The Religious

In A Body [like Congress] Where There Are More Than One Hundred Talking Lawyers, You Can Make No Calculation Upon The Termination Of Any Debate.

With The Union My Best And Dearest Earthly Hopes Are Entwined.

The Founders Of The Republic Dealt With Things As They Were Presented To Them, In A Spirit Of Self Sacrificing Patriotism And As Time Has Proved, With A Comprehensive Wisdom Which It Will Always Be Safe For Us To Consult

I Never Justify, Sustain, Or In Any Way Or To Any Extent Uphold This Cruel, Heartless, Aimless Unnecessary War.

The Constitutionality And Propriety Of The Federal Government Assuming To Enter Into A Novel And Vast Field Of Legislation, Namely, That Of Providing For The Care And Support Of All Those ... Who By Any Form Of Calamity Become Fit Objects Of Public Philanthropy. ... I Cannot Find Any Authority In The Constitution For Making The Federal Government The Great Almoner Of Public Charity Throughout The United States. To Do So Would, In My Judgment, Be Contrary To The Letter And Spirit Of The Constitution And Subversive Of The Whole Theory Upon Which The Union Of These States Is Founded.