On Receiving From The People The Sacred

There Is A Power In Public Opinion In This Country - And I Thank God For It: For It Is The Most Honest And Best Of All Powers - Which Will Not Tolerate An Incompetent Or Unworthy Man To Hold In His Weak Or Wicked Hands The Lives And Fortunes Of His Fellow-citizens.

I Am More Than Ever Convinced Of The Dangers To Which The Free And Unbiased Exercise Of Political Opinion - The Only Sure Foundation And Safeguard Of Republican Government - Would Be Exposed By Any Further Increase Of The Already Overgrown Influence Of Corporate Authorities.

I Shall Tread In The Footsteps Of My Illustrious Predecessor.

If Laws Acting Upon Private Interests Can Not Always Be Avoided, They Should Be Confined Within The Narrowest Limits, And Left Wherever Possible To The Legislatures Of The States.

There Is But One Reliance.