Political Quotes

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish.

Or, if one out of four will, for his own freedom fight to keep the other three in slavery, he ought to be a slave for his selfish meanness.

Fourth. That the naval forces at Charleston and their commander on that station be invited to participate in the ceremonies of the occasion.