"I am not here to argue with you, but to tell you what I know."

"The American people have always been a patient people; but there is a limit to the endurance of every people."

"The liberties of the American people were dependent upon the Ballot-box, the Jury-box, and the Cartridge-box; that without these no class of people could live and flourish in this country."

"The ruling parties of the country have now flung off all disguises, and have openly and shamelessly declared war upon the only saving principles known to nations."

"You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man."