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**Grey Wolf** · December 1st, 2016, 06:59 AM

The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men.

The storm of frenzy and faction must inevitably dash itself in vain against the unshaken rock of the Constitution.

Whatever the result may be, I shall carry to my grave the consciousness that I at least meant well for my country.

The course of events is so rapidly hastening forward that the emergency may soon arise when you may be called upon to decide the momentous question whether you possess the power by force of arms to compel a State to remain in the Union.

The Government of the United States possesses no power whatever over the question of religion.

If you are as happy in entering the White House as I shall feel on returning to Wheatland, you are a happy man indeed.

Our union rests upon public opinion, and can never be cemented by the blood of its citizens shed in civil war.

Liberty must be allowed to work out its natural results; and these will, ere long, astonish the world.

All the friends that I loved and wanted to reward are dead, and all the enemies that I hated and I had marked out for punishment are turned to my friends.

I like the noise of democracy.

To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and its wisdom no one will attempt to dispute.

There is nothing stable but Heaven and the Constitution.

Abstract propositions should never be discussed by a legislative body.

The distribution of patronage of the Government is by far the most disagreeable duty of the President.

I have gone wooing to several gentlemen, but have not succeeded with any of them.

All for which the slave States have ever contended, is to be let alone and permitted to manage their domestic institutions in their own way. As sovereign States, they, and they alone, are responsible before God and the world for the slavery existing among them. For this the people of the North are not more responsible and have no more fight to interfere than with similar institutions in Russia or in Brazil.

It is beyond the power of any president, no matter what may be his own political proclivities, to restore peace and harmony among the states. Wisely limited and restrained as is his power under our Constitution and laws, he alone can accomplish but little for good or for evil on such a momentous question.

History will vindicate my memory from every unjust aspersion.

I am the last President of the United States!...

December 1st, 2016, 06:59 AM	#3958
Grey Wolf Rat Catcher Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 18,944 Thanks: 360,265 Thanked 481,943 Times in 19,976 Posts	James Buchanan The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men. The storm of frenzy and faction must inevitably dash itself in vain against the unshaken rock of the Constitution. Whatever the result may be, I shall carry to my grave the consciousness that I at least meant well for my country. The course of events is so rapidly hastening forward that the emergency may soon arise when you may be called upon to decide the momentous question whether you possess the power by force of arms to compel a State to remain in the Union. The Government of the United States possesses no power whatever over the question of religion. If you are as happy in entering the White House as I shall feel on returning to Wheatland, you are a happy man indeed. Our union rests upon public opinion, and can never be cemented by the blood of its citizens shed in civil war. Liberty must be allowed to work out its natural results; and these will, ere long, astonish the world. All the friends that I loved and wanted to reward are dead, and all the enemies that I hated and I had marked out for punishment are turned to my friends. I like the noise of democracy. To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and its wisdom no one will attempt to dispute. There is nothing stable but Heaven and the Constitution. Abstract propositions should never be discussed by a legislative body. The distribution of patronage of the Government is by far the most disagreeable duty of the President. I have gone wooing to several gentlemen, but have not succeeded with any of them. All for which the slave States have ever contended, is to be let alone and permitted to manage their domestic institutions in their own way. As sovereign States, they, and they alone, are responsible before God and the world for the slavery existing among them. For this the people of the North are not more responsible and have no more fight to interfere than with similar institutions in Russia or in Brazil. It is beyond the power of any president, no matter what may be his own political proclivities, to restore peace and harmony among the states. Wisely limited and restrained as is his power under our Constitution and laws, he alone can accomplish but little for good or for evil on such a momentous question. History will vindicate my memory from every unjust aspersion. I am the last President of the United States!...