A stream of light shall pierce the darkness of ignorance and man's…

I shall spend very little time in the purely ornamental part of the office. In point of fact, I will tell you, first of all others, the policy I intend to adopt, and that is, to make the matter a business engagement between the people of …

I know that I am honest and sincere in my desire to do well; but the question is whether I know enough to accomplish what I desire.

Public officers are the servants and agents of the people, to execute the laws which the people have made.

Amid the din of party strife the people's choice was made, but its attendant circumstances have demonstrated anew the strength and safety of a government by the people. In each succeeding year it more clearly appears that our democratic …

I feel as if it were time for me to write to someone who will believe what I write.

The laboring classes constitute the main part of our population. They should be protected in their efforts peaceably to assert their rights when endangered by aggregated capital, and all statutes on this subject should recognize the care …