"All new states are invested, more or less, by a class of noisy, second-rate men who are always in favor of rash and e…"

"Whatever is calculated to weaken or impair the strength of Union, whether originating at the North or the South, whet…"

"Texas will again lift its head and stand among the nations. it ought to do so, for no country upon the globe can comp…"

"Fellow citizens, in the name of your rights and liberties, which I believe have been trampled upon, I refuse to take …"

"Margaret, Texas is lost."

"Our people are going to war to perpetuate slavery, but the war will be its death knell."

"Let me tell you what is coming. After the sacrifice of countless millions of treasure and hundreds of thousands of li…"

"Deprived of the protection of the Union, of the aegis of the Constitution, they would soon dwindle into petty States,…"

"When rent in twain, British Abolition, which in fanaticism and sacrificial spirit, far exceeds that of the North (for…"

"But if, through division in the ranks of those opposed to Mr. Lincoln, he should be elected, we have no excuse for di…"