Free Government Cannot Long Endure If Property

If A Liberal Policy Towards The Late Rebels Is Adopted, The Ultra Republicans Are Opposed To It; If The Colored People Are Honored, The Extremists Of The Other Wing Cry Out Against It. I Suspect I Am Right In Both Cases.

A Few Ideas Seem To Be Agreed Upon. Help None But Those Who Help Themselves. Educate Only At Schools Which Provide In Some Form For Industrial Education. These Two Points Should Be Insisted Upon. Let The Normal Instruction Be That Men Must Earn Their Own Living, And That By The Labor Of Their Hands As Far As May Be. This Is The Gospel Of Salvation For The Colored Man. Let The Labor Not Be Servile, But In Manly Occupations Like That Of The Carpenter, The Farmer, And The Blacksmith.

Universal Suffrage Should Rest Upon Universal Education. To This End, Liberal And Permanent Provision Should Be Made For The Support Of Free Schools By The State Governments, And, If Need Be, Supplemented By Legitimate Aid From National Authority.

My Policy Is Trust Peace And To Put Aside The Bayonet.

Fighting Battles Is Like Courting Girls: Those Who Make The Most Pretensions And Are Boldest Usually Win.