Fighting Battles Is Like Courting Girls: Those

The Filth And Noise Of The Crowded Streets Soon Destroy The Elasticity Of Health Which Belongs To The Country Boy.

All Appointments Hurt. Five Friends Are Made Cold Or Hostile For Every Appointment; No New Friends Are Made. All Patronage Is Perilous To Men Of Real Ability Or Merit. It Aids Only Those Who Lack Other Claims To Public Support.

I Would Strenuously Urge A Single Term Of Six Years.

Unjust Attacks On Public Men Do Them More Good Than Unmerited Praise.

Universal Suffrage Is Sound In Principle. The Radical Element Is Right.