There is nothing that I shudder at more than the idea of a separation of the Union. Should such an event ever happen, which I fervently pray God to avert, from that date I view our liberty gone.
Disunion by force is treason.
To the victors belong the spoils.
The Bible is the rock on which this Republic rests.
I am a Senator against my wishes and feelings, which I regret more than any other of my life.
Mr. Van Buren, your friends may be leaving you but my friends never leave me.
