So Far As Laws And Institutions Avail,

We All Agree That Neither The Government Nor Political Parties Ought To Interfere With Religious Sects. It Is Equally True That Religious Sects Ought Not To Interfere With The Government Or With Political Parties. We Believe That The Cause Of Good Government And The Cause Of Religion Both Suffer By All Such Interference.

I See No Reason Why Indians Who Can Give Satisfactory Proof Of Having By Their Own Labor Supported Their Families For A Number Of Years, And Who Are Willing To Detach Themselves From Their Tribal Relations, Should Not Be Admitted To The Benefit Of The Homestead Act And The Privileges Of Citizenship, And I Recommend The Passage Of A Law To That Effect. It Will Be An Act Of Justice As Well As A Measure Of Encouragement.

My Judgment Is That Neither House Of Congress, Nor Both Combined, Have Any Right To Interfere In The Count. It Is For The Vice-president To Do It All.... There Should Be No Compromise Of Our Constitutional Rights.

I Have A Talent For Silence And Brevity. I Can Keep Silent When It Seems Best To Do So, And When I Speak I Can, And Do Usually, Quit When I Am Done. This Talent, Or These Two Talents, I Have Cultivated. Silence And Concise, Brief Speaking Have Got Me Some Laurels, And, I Suspect, Lost Me Some. No Odds. Do What Is Natural To You, And You Are Sure To Get All The Recognition You Are Entitled To.

The California Fever Is Not Likely To Take Us Off.... There Is Neither Romance Nor Glory In Digging For Gold After The Manner Of The Pictures In The Geography Of Diamond Washing In Brazil.