"I here and now denounce his so-called emancipation as a stupendous fraud — a fraud upon him, a fraud upon the world."

"If he knows as much when he is sober as an Irishman knows when drunk, he knows enough to vote, on good American principles. [Laughter and applause.]"

"Oh! had I the ability, and could I reach the nation's ear, I would today pour out a fiery stream of biting ridicule, blasting reproach, withering sarcasm, and stern rebuke. For it is not light that is…"

"The man who has suffered the wrong is the man to demand the right."

"The American people are a nation of inconsistencies."