"Public officers are the servants and agents of the people, to execute the laws which the people have made."

"I feel as if it were time for me to write to someone who will believe what I write. I have been for some time in the …"

"The laboring classes constitute the main part of our population. They should be protected in their efforts peaceably …"

"WHATEVER YOU DO, TELL THE TRUTH."

"A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil. Contented lab…"

"Amid the din of party strife the people's choice was made, but its attendant circumstances have demonstrated anew the…"

"The laws and the entire scheme of our civil rule, from the town meeting to the State capitals and the national capita…"

"After an existence of nearly twenty years of almost innocuous desuetude, these laws are brought forth."

"Officeholders are the agents of the people, not their masters. Not only is their time and labor due to the Government…"

"I'm only waiting for my wife to grow up."