commerce and agriculture ty, and are not

    prepared to do justice to to Mexico, cost  may.

    I quarrel not   home,

    co-operate

    o say, t

    t improvement is slohe

    fe materially ter t is not so

    important t many s there be some

    absolute goodness somehe whole lump.

    to slavery and to the

    do noto put an end to them; who,

    esteeming ton and Franklin, sit down

    s, and say t t w

    to do, and do notpone tion of freedom to

    tion of free-trade, and quietly read t

    along est advices from Mexico, after dinner, and, it may

    be, fall asleep over t is t of an

    man and patriot to-day?  tate, and t, and

    sometimes tition; but t and h

    effect.  t, o remedy the

    evil, t t to regret.  At most, they give

    only a ce, and a feeble countenance and Godspeed, to the

    rig goes by ty-nine

    patrons of virtue to one virtuous man; but it is easier to deal

    emporary guardian

    of it.

    All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon,

    moral tinge to it, a playing  and wrong,

    ions; and betting naturally accompanies it.  the

    cer of ters is not staked.  I cast my vote, perchance,

    as I t; but I am not vitally concerned t t right

    so leave it to ty.  Its

    obligation, t of expediency.  Even

    voting for t is doing not.  It is only expressing

    to men feebly your desire t it should prevail.  A wise ma