I think that slavery is wrong, morally, socially and politically. I desire that it should be no further spread in these United States, and I should not object if it should gradually terminate in the whole Union.
If you don't want to use the army, I should like to borrow it for a while. Yours respectfully,
When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it is best to let him run.
He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.
I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.
