Our political and constitutional rights, so called, are but the natural and inherent rights of man, asserted, carried out, and secured by modes of human contrivance.

When a good man lends himself to the advocacy of slavery, he must, at least for a time, feel himself to be any where but at home, amongst his new thoughts, doctrines, and modes of reasoning.

Truth and mercy require the exertion - never the suppression, of man's noble rights and powers.

Let the poor man count as his enemy, and his worst enemy, every invader of the right of free discussion.

There is room in our ranks for the old and decrepit, as well as the young and vigorous.

Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.