If You Are As Happy, My Dear

There Is Nothing Stable But Heaven And The Constitution.

The Course Of Events Is So Rapidly Hastening Forward That The Emergency May Soon Arise When You May Be Called Upon To Decide The Momentous Question Whether You Possess The Power By Force Of Arms To Compel A State To Remain In The Union

The Distribution Of Patronage Of The Government Is By Far The Most Disagreeable Duty Of The President.

Our Union Rests Upon Public Opinion, And Can Never Be Cemented By The Blood Of Its Citizens Shed In Civil War.

Whatever The Result May Be, I Shall Carry To My Grave The Consciousness That I At Least Meant Well For My Country.