I have always hated slavery, I think, as much as any abolitionist. I have been an Old Line Whig. I have always hated it, but I have always been quiet about it until this new era of the introduction of the Nebraska Bill began.
If you don't want to use the army, I should like to borrow it for a while. Yours respectfully,
When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it is best to let him run.
He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.
I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.
