William Seward: “But she goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy.”

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.

Let it be remembered, that it has ever been the pride and the boast of America, that the rights for which she contended were the rights of human nature.

By the blessing of the Author of those rights, they have prevailed over all opposition, and form the basis of thirteen independent States.

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