A Stout Heart, A Clear Conscience, And

The Law Given From Sinai Was A Civil And Municipal As Well As A Moral And Religious Code; It Contained Many Statutes . . . Of Universal Application-laws Essential To The Existence Of Men In Society, And Most Of Which Have Been Enacted By Every Nation Which Ever Professed Any Code Of Laws.

All Men Profess Honesty As Long As They Can. To Believe All Men Honest Would Be Folly. To Believe None So Is Something Worse.

In Charity To All Mankind, Bearing No Malice Or Ill Will To Any Human Being, And Even Compassionating Those Who Hold In Bondage Their Fellow Men, Not Knowing What They Do.

There Still Remains One Effort Of Magnanimity, One Sacrifice Of Prejudice And Passion, To Be Made By The Individuals Throughout The Nation Who Have Heretofore Followed The Standards Of Political Party. It Is That Of Discarding Every Remnant Of Rancor Against Each Other, Of Embracing As Countrymen And Friends, And Of Yielding To Talents And Virtue Alone That Confidence Which In Times Of Contention For Principle Was Bestowed Only Upon Those Who Bore The Badge Of Party Communion.

The Manners Of Women Are The Surest Criterion By Which To Determine Whether A Republican Government Is Practicable In A Nation Or Not.