William Seward: “I can only repeat thanks, thanks, thanks to you, one and all, and implore the blessings of God upon you and your…”

But power, confessedly derived from the people, must be exercised in obedience to their will, and must be resigned to them again, at least in death.

It depends not on the zeal and firmness only of the reformers, but on their wisdom and moderation also.

That freedom and that security required that the nations of Europe should relax their grasp on the American Continent.

The perils of the enterprize are already passed--its difficulties have already been removed--when it shall have been accomplished it will be justly regarded as the last noble effort which rendered the Republic imperishable.