In fact, the Chinamen were a quiet and peaceable folk, engaged in the more humble occupations of life.

Fixed religious opinions in the minds of others, especially of the old, I regard as sacred.

They put their trust in and found their hopes upon a liberty regulated by law.

But let me be understood that when he is pressed by hunger and famished for want of food, I do consider the cougar a dangerous animal.

I made myself something of a judicial tyrant during that term.

The Court surrendered its dignity for a time and joined in the storm of laughter.

Peace has her victories no less renowned than war's.

The absurdity of this thing appears when we consider that we have a great abundance of hides, which are sold for a mere song, and are received back in manufactured articles.

Our forests are rich in tanning; in fact, the raw materials of all kinds required are abundant.

No country can stand such a drainage, and prosper.

The platform announced three cardinal principles: first, the most stringent regulation of the liquor traffic; second, America for Americans; and thirdly, the curtailment of public expenses and the cutting-down of salaries.

A point illustrated and enforced by an anecdote or story becomes an integral part of a man's mental and moral constitution.

Although we have lived together for fifty years, we never have been reconciled yet, because there never has been any occasion for a reconciliation.

The editorial work that I did while on the paper secured me an offer, when I announced my intention to resume the practice of law, from the Sacramento Union, then the leading paper on the Pacific Coast, to become one of its editorial staff…

Had I accepted this offer, it would have changed the whole course and direction of my life, and I probably would have continued in that line of work to this day.

Thus, while I was a hard man to beat, I was always beaten, fairly, or unfairly.

I, in fact, re-wrote the whole bill making its retained provisions full and accurate--omitting surplus statements, and embodying many new provisions.

A few general observations may be allowable: Rare are the men who possess in a high degree, constructive legislative ability.

Every act of legislation ought by clear and accurate provisions cover every element of the subject matter stated in the title.

The human judgment is imperfect--and prescience is limited--hence any approach to perfection in the system itself, or in its administrative provisions, is a matter of evolution of slow growth--and of the survival of the fittest.

As time advances and light and knowledge increase, the dead and useless branches are pruned off and the fit and vigorous remain to blossom and bear fruit.

A Delegate, in order to wisely and intelligently, as well as promptly, discharge his duties, ought to be a lawyer, and well acquainted especially with the land-laws of the United States and other laws pertaining to Territories.

He is constantly called upon to push land-claims to patent, and in this respect he becomes the attorney, without fee, of the people of the Territory.

The exclusion of the territorial laws since the date of the convention has been open, manifest, and palpable, and I believe rightful.