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Lawrenceburg, Indiana
February 12, 1861
If the politicians and leaders of parties were as true as the people, there would be little fear that
the peace of the country would be disturbed. I have been selected to fill an important office for a
brief period, and am now, in your eyes, invested with an influence which will soon pass away;
but should my administration prove to be a very wicked one, or what is more probable, a very
foolish one, if you, the people, are but true to yourselves and to the Constitution, there is but little
harm I can do, thank God!