When I Die, I Desire

Let Them Impeach And Be Damned.

Outside Of The Constitution We Have No Legal Authority More Than Private Citizens, And Within It We Have Only So Much As That Instrument Gives Us. This Broad Principle Limits All Our Functions And Applies To All Subjects.

Honest Conviction Is My Courage; The Constitution Is My Guide.

I Have Been Almost Overwhelmed By The Announcement Of The Sad Event [lincoln's Assassination] Which Has So Recently Occurred. I Feel Incompetent To Perform Duties So Important And Responsible As Those Which Have Been So Unexpectedly Thrown Upon Me.

Washington, Dc Is 12 Square Miles Bordered By Reality.