Douglas, no man will ever be President of the United States who spells 'negro' with two gs. - William H. Seward

The Democratic Party is inextricably committed to the designs of the slaveholders.

It is true, indeed, that the national domain is ours. It is true that it was acquired by the valor and with the wealth of the whole nation. But we hold no arbitrary authority over it. We hold no arbitrary authority over anything, whether lawfully acquired or seized by usurpation. The constitution regulates our stewardship; the constitution devotes the domain to union, to justice, to defense, to welfare and to liberty.
But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain, and devotes it to the same noble purposes.

He is the most gentle-looking and amiable of men. Every word and look indicate sincerity of heart, even to guilelessness.