There Is But One Reliance.

The Government Should Not Be Guided By Temporary Excitement, But By Sober Second Thought.

Those Who Have Wrought Great Changes In The World Never Succeeded By Gaining Over Chiefs; But Always By Exciting The Multitude. The First Is The Resource Of Intrigue And Produces Only Secondary Results, The Second Is The Resort Of Genius And Transforms The Universe.

The Law Increasing And Organizing The Military Establishment Of The United States Has Been Nearly Carried Into Effect, And The Army Has Been Extensively And Usefully Employed During The Past Season.

The Second, Sober Thought Of The People Is Seldom Wrong, And Always Efficient.

As To The Presidency, The Two Happiest Days Of My Life Were Those Of My Entrance Upon The Office And My Surrender Of It.