May The Almighty Grant That The Cause

Democracy Is "government Of, By And For The People".

Leave Nothing For To-morrow Which Can Be Done To-day.

We Want, And Must Have, A National Policy, As To Slavery, Which Deals With It As Being Wrong.

Fellow Countrymen: At This Second Appearing To Take The Oath Of The Presidential Office, There Is Less Occasion For An Extended Address Than There Was At The First...the Progress Of Our Arms, Upon Which All Else Chiefly Depends, Is As Well Known To The Public As To Myself; And It Is, I Trust, Reasonably Satisfactory And Encouraging To All. With High Hope For The Future, No Prediction In Regard To It Is Ventured.

When The Hour Comes For Dealing With Slavery, I Trust I Will Be Willing To Do My Duty Though It Cost My Life.