"I confess, Sir, I am at a loss to conceive how any man, who has ever read our Constitution as originally framed, or a…"

"Our Country,—whether bounded by the St. John's and the Sabine, or however otherwise bounded or described, and be the …"

"All societies of men must be governed in some way or other. The less they may have of stringent State Government, the…"

"There are no points of the compass on the chart of true patriotism."

"The poor must be wisely visited and liberally cared for, so that mendicity shall not be tempted into mendacity, nor w…"

"Slavery is but half abolished, emancipation is but half completed, while millions of freemen with votes in their hand…"

"For him delicious flavors dwell In books as in old Muscatel."

"And in the evening, everywhere Along the roadside, up and down, I see the golden torches flare Like lighted street-la…"

"Song like a rose should be; Each rhyme a petal sweet; For fragrance, melody, That when her lips repeat The words, her…"

"The hunter catches a dreadful prey, the seaman steers his ship into an unspeakable harbor, the plowman sows and reaps…"