Never be haughty to the humble or humble to the haughty.

God forbid that the day should ever come when to be true to my constituents is to be hostile to the Union.

It is not differences of opinion; it is geographical lines, rivers, and mountains which divide State from State, and make different nations of mankind.

Slavery existed before the formation of this Union. It derived from the Constitution that recognition which it would not have enjoyed without the confederation. If the States had not united together, there would have been no obligation on adjoining States to regard any species of property unknown to themselves.

It was one of the compromises of the Constitution that the slave property in the Southern States should be recognized as property throughout the United States.

To one who loves his country in all its parts, it is natural to rejoice in whatever contributes to the prosperity and honor and marks the stability and progress of any portion of its people.