Universal Suffrage Is Sound In

So Far As Laws And Institutions Avail, Men Should Have Equality Of Opportunity For Happiness; That Is, Of Education, Wealth, Power. These Make Happiness Secure. An Equal Diffusion Of Happiness So Far As Laws And Institutions Avail.

I Am Asked If I Would Not Be Gratified If My Friends Would Procure Me Promotion To A Brigadier-generalship. My Feeling Is That I Would Rather Be One Of The Good Colonels Than One Of The Poor Generals. The Colonel Of A Regiment Has One Of The Most Agreeable Positions In The Service, And One Of The Most Useful. "a Good Colonel Makes A Good Regiment," Is An Axiom.

I Do Not Think A Revival Of Business Will Be Greatly Postponed By [samuel J.] Tilden's Election. Business Prosperity Does Not, Inmy Judgment, Depend On Government So Much As Men Commonly Think.

My Policy Is Trust, Peace, And To Put Aside The Bayonet. I Do Not Think The Wise Policy Is To Decide Contested Elections In The States By The Use Of The National Army.

My Policy Is Trust Peace And To Put Aside The Bayonet.