When I Die, I Desire

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.

When I Die, I Desire No Better Winding Sheet Than The Stars And Stripes, And No Softer Pillow Than The Constitution Of My Country.

Notwithstanding A Mendacious Press; Notwithstanding A Subsidized Gang Of Hirelings Who Have Not Ceased To Traduce Me, I Have Discharged All My Official Duties And Fulfilled My Pledges. And I Say Here Tonight That If My Predecessor Had Lived, The Vials Of Wrath Would Have Poured Out Upon Him.

I Feel Incompetent To Perform Duties...which Have Been So Unexpectedly Thrown Upon Me.

The Goal To Strive For Is A Poor Government But A Rich People.