The Union next to our liberties the most dear. May we all remember that it can only be preserved by respecting the rights of the States, and distributing equally the benefits and burdens of the Union.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It was by one Union that we achieved our independence and liberties, and by it alone can they be maintained.
The Union, which can alone insure internal peace, and external security to each State, Must and Shall be Preserved, cost what it may in time, treasure, and blood.
Every individual should have both the right to join a union and the right to not join a union should they so choose. It's about basic human freedom.
My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
The Constitution in all its provisions looks to an indestructible union disposed of indestructible States.
For two decades the state has been taking liberties, and these liberties were once ours.
We have to recognize that the freedom of the individual has to be protected not only from the power of the state, but even more so from economic and societal power.
The State of the Union address is always a reminder of how unique America is.
God bless the Union; - it is dearer to us for the blood of brave men which has been shed in its defence.
As to the Constitution and the Union, I have taken an oath to support the one, and I cannot do so without preserving the other, unless I commit perjury, which I certainly don't intend to do. We must cherish the Constitution to the last.