An Amazing Invention - But Who Would

I Am Succeeding Very Well So Far With My Legging, But It Is A Very Mean Business For A Man That Has Been Well Brought Up To Engage In. It Is The Only Way To Get A Bill From Cincinnati Through, So It Must Be Done.

I Am A Radical In Thought (and Principle) And A Conservative In Method (and Conduct).

The Climate Of Ohio Is Perfect, Considered As The Home Of An Ideal Republican People. Climate Has Much To Do With National Character.... A Climate Which Permits Labor Out-of-doors Every Month In The Year And Which Requires Industry To Secure Comfort--to Provide Food, Shelter, Clothing, Fuel, Etc.--is The Very Climate Which Secures The Highest Civilization.

You Know I Am Given To Antiquarian And Genealogical Pursuits. An Old Family Letter Is A Delight To My Eyes. I Can Prowl In Old Trunks Of Letters By The Day With Undiminished Zest.

Partisanship Should Be Kept Out Of The Pulpit... The Blindest Of Partisans Are Preachers. All Politicians Expect And Find More Candor, Fairness, And Truth In Politicians Than In Partisan Preachers. They Are Not Replied To - No Chance To Reply To Them.... The Balance Wheel Of Free Institutions Is Free Discussion. The Pulpit Allows No Free Discussion.