I Would Rather Be Politically Dead Than

I Am At Liberty To Vote As My Conscience And Judgment Dictates To Be Right, Without The Yoke Of Any Party On Me... Look At My Arms, You Will Find No Party Hand-cuff On Them.

You Can Go To Hell -- I'm Going To Texas.

I Must Say As To What I Have Seen Of Texas It Is The Garden Spot Of The World. The Best Land And The Best Prospects For Health I Ever Saw, And I Do Believe It Is A Fortune To Any Man To Come Here. There Is A World Of Country Here To Settle.

Thare Is No Chance Of Hurrying Bussiness Here Like In The Legeslature Of A State Thare Is Such A Desposition Here To Show Eloquence That This Will Be A Long Session And Do No Good.

I Have Always Supported Measures And Principles And Not Men.