Better give us two peaceful countries, each living happily and content, than one at war with itself.

Clay was a great man, but both he and Webster were fighting against the inevitable." "That is true," interrupted Orme; "unquestionably true.

Texas came near becoming a colony of England because this country would not take her.
She declared for slavery, and had that right.

The Spaniards had made California a slave state, but the gold seekers by vote declared her free.

They had that right to govern themselves.