"Mr Campbell whom I never saw (to my knowledge) has made a very formidable figure of the Commander in Chief giving him a sufficient portion of Terror in his Countenance."

"I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy."

"I am unwilling to be the only man in whom the love of my Country is not the ruling principle."

"It is much to be feared that the same motives which have hitherto retarded the abolition of slavery, will continue to operate."

"To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace."