“Men of Virginia, countrymen of Washington, of Patrick Henry, of Jefferson, and of Madison, will ye be true to your constitutional faith?”
“We are laying the foundations of a government, which we hope may outlast the Pyramids.”
Caleb Cushing
“Cruel war—war at home, and in the perspective distance a man on horseback with a drawn sword in his hand, some Atlantic Cæsar, or Cromwell, or Napoleon.”
Caleb Cushing
“American Civil War (Copperhead)”
Caleb Cushing
“Georges Ernest Boulanger”
Caleb Cushing
“Here, again, as I conceive, gentlemen forget that this government is a republican one, resting exclusively in the intelligence and virtue of the People.”
Caleb Cushing