Suicide Is Not A Remedy

The Divorce Between Church And State Should Be Absolute.

[it Is Possible] That The Race Of Red Men ... Will, Before Many Generations, Be Remembered Only As A Strange, Weird, Dream-like Specter, Which Has Passed Once Before The Eyes Of Men, But Had Departed Forever.

The Prosperity Which Now Prevails Is Without Parallel In Our History. Fruitful Seasons Have Done Much To Secure It, But They Have Not Done All. The Preservation Of The Public Credit And The Resumption Of Specie Payments, So Successfully Attained By The Administration Of My Predecessors, Have Enabled Our People To Secure The Blessings Which The Seasons Brought.

When The Shadow Of The Presidential And Congressional Election Is Lifted We Shall, I Hope To Be In A Better Temper To Legislate.

In My Judgment It Is The Duty Of Congress, While Respecting To The Uttermost The Conscientious Convictions And Religious Scruples Of Every Citizen, To Prohibit Within Its Jurisdiction All Criminal Practices ... Nor Can Any Ecclesiastical Organization Be Safely Permitted To Usurp In The Smallest Degree The Functions And Powers Of The National Government.