I Never Thought I Would Be Impeached.

Who, Then, Will Govern? The Answer Must Be, Man - For We Have No Angels In The Shape Of Men, As Yet, Who Are Willing To Take Charge Of Our Political Affairs.

I Have Lived Among Negroes, All My Life, And I Am For This Government With Slavery Under The Constitution As It Is. I Am For The Government Of My Fathers With Negroes. I Am For It Without Negroes. Before I Would See This Government Destroyed I Would Send Every Negro Back To Africa, Disintegrated And Blotted Out Of Space

Notwithstanding A Mendacious Press; Notwithstanding A Subsidized Gang Of Hirelings Who Have Not Ceased To Traduce Me, I Have Discharged All My Official Duties And Fulfilled My Pledges. And I Say Here Tonight That If My Predecessor Had Lived, The Vials Of Wrath Would Have Poured Out Upon Him.

The Homestead Policy Was Established Only After Long And Earnest Resistance; Experience Proves Its Wisdom. The Lands In The Hands Of Industrious Settlers, Whose Labor Creates Wealth And Contributes To The Public Resources, Are Worth More To The United States Than If They Had Been Reserved As A Solitude For Future Purchasers.

I Hold It The Duty Of The Executive To Insist Upon Frugality In The Expenditure, And A Sparing Economy Is Itself A Great National Source.