The Highwayman’s Non Sequitur
“But you will not abide the election of a Republican President? In that supposed event, you say you will destroy the Union; and then, you say, the great crime of having destroyed it will be upon us! That is cool! A highwayman holds a pistol to my ear, and mutters through his teeth: ‘Stand and deliver, or I shall kill you—and then you will be a murderer!’”—(Speech, New York City, February 27, 1860.)
“HOW TO GET MEN TO VOTE!”
“Let them go on with their howling! (Political opponents.) They will succeed when, by slandering women, you get them to love you, or by slandering men you get them to vote for you!”