Of All Knaves The Religious Knave Is

With The Union My Best And Dearest Earthly Hopes Are Entwined.

You Have Summoned Me In My Weakness. You Must Sustain Me In Your Strength.

The Dangers Of A Concentration Of All Power In The General Government Of A Confederacy So Vast As Ours Are Too Obvious To Be Disregarded.

In Expressing Briefly My Views Upon An Important Subject Which Has Recently Agitated The Nation..., I Fervently Hope That The Question Is At Rest And That No Sectional Or Ambitious Or Fanatical Excitement May Again Threaten The Durability Of Our Institutions.

The Founders Of The Republic Dealt With Things As They Were Presented To Them, In A Spirit Of Self Sacrificing Patriotism And As Time Has Proved, With A Comprehensive Wisdom Which It Will Always Be Safe For Us To Consult