My Father And Mother In 1817 Were

It Will Be The Duty Of The Executive, With Sufficient Appropriations For The Purpose, To Prosecute Unsparingly All Who Have Been Engaged In Depriving Citizens Of The Rights Guaranteed To Them By The Constitution.

No Political Party Can Ever Make Prohibition Effective. A Political Party Implies An Adverse, An Opposing, Political Party. To Enforce Criminal Statutes Implies Substantial Unanimity In The Community. This Is The Result Of The Jury System. Hence The Futility Of Party Prohibition.

In Avoiding The Appearance Of Evil, I Am Not Sure But I Have Sometimes Unnecessarily Deprived Myself And Others Of Innocent Enjoyments.

The Sacred Obligation To The Union Soldiers Must Not - Will Not Be Forgotten Nor Neglected. But Those Who Fought Against The Nation Cannot And Do Not Look To It For Relief. Confederate Soldiers And Their Descendants Are To Share With Us And Our Descendants The Destiny Of America. Whatever, Therefore, We Their Fellow Citizens Can Do To Remove Burdens From Their Shoulders And To Brighten Their Lives Is Surely In The Pathway Of Humanity And Patriotism.

No Man, However Benevolent, Liberal, And Wise, Can Use A Large Fortune So That It Will Do Half As Much Good In The World As It Would If It Were Divided Into Moderate Sums And In The Hands Of Workmen Who Had Earned It By Industry And Frugality. The Piling Up Of Estates Often Does Great And Conspicuous Good.... But No Man Does With Accumulated Wealth So Much Good As The Same Amount Would Do In Many Hands.