Adlai Stevenson: “Wake him up at any hour of the night, and he would be ready upon the instant for an eloquent speech of any length, upon…”

I have no respect for candidates who attempt to dodge any of these great questions.

From the establishment of the Government the question of human slavery was the one perilous question,--the one constant menace to national unity, until its final extinction amid the flames of war.

Great evils often result from hasty legislation, rarely from the delay which follows full discussion and deliberation.

In the advocacy, however, of what he believed to be for the public weal, 'he took counsel ever of his courage, never of his fears.' That he possessed the ability to have acquitted himself with honor in responsible positions of public…