The Contest Is Not Over,

God Forbid That The Day Should Ever Come When To Be True To My Constituents Is To Be Hostile To The Union.

It Is A Duty We Owe To Posterity To See That Our Children Shall Know The Virtues, And Rise Worthy Of Their Sires.

Among Our Neighbors Of Central And Southern America, We See The Caucasian Mingled With The Indian And The African. They Have The Forms Of Free Government, Because They Have Copied Them. To Its Benefits They Have Not Attained, Because That Standard Of Civilization Is Above Their Race. Revolution Succeeds Revolution, And The Country Mourns That Some Petty Chief May Triumph, And Through A Sixty Days' Government Ape The Rulers Of The Earth.

Truthfulness Is A Cornerstone In Character, And If It Be Not Firmly Laid In Youth, There Will Ever After Be A Weak Spot In The Foundation.

At Rest An American Soldier And Defender Of The Constitution.