John Sherman: “I knew he was bold and rash, better fitted for the storms of political life than the grave responsibilities of the chief…”

Canada and Mexico as independent republics will be more valuable to the United States than if carved into additional states.

During forty years of public life, though many able men have aspired to the office I hold, the people of Ohio, through their general assembly, have preferred me to represent them.

Our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country" has been the watchword and creed of my public life.

Our family of states is already large enough to create embarrassment in the Senate, and a republic should not hold dependent provinces or possessions.