[i]t Would Be Unjust To Our People

For Mere Vengeance I Would Do Nothing. This Nation Is Too Great To Look For Mere Revenge. But For Security Of The Future I Would Do Every Thing.

Commerce Links All Mankind In One Common Brotherhood Of Mutual Dependence And Interests.

For Love Of Country, They Accepted Death.

A Nation Is Not Worthy To Be Saved If, In The Hour Of Its Fate, It Will Not Gather Up All Its Jewels Of Manhood And Life, And Go Down Into The Conflict However Bloody And Doubtful, Resolved On Measureless Ruin Or Complete Success.

It Would Convert The Treasury Of The United States Into A Manufactory Of Paper Money. It Makes The House Of Representatives And The Senate, Or The Caucus Of The Party Which Happens To Be In The Majority, The Absolute Dictator Of The Financial And Business Affairs Of This Country. This Scheme Surpasses All The Centralism And All The Caesarism That Were Ever Charged Upon The Republican Party In The Wildest Days Of The War Or In The Events Growing Out Of The War.