Constitutions Should Consist Only Of General Provisions;

Great Ambition, Unchecked By Principle, Or The Love Of Glory, Is An Unruly Tyrant.

Take Mankind In General, They Are Vicious-their Passions May Be Operated Upon.

As The Duties Of Superintending The National Defense And Of Securing The Public Peace Against Foreign Or Domestic Violence Involve A Provision For Casualties And Dangers To Which No Possible Limits Can Be Assigned, The Power Of Making That Provision Ought To Know No Other Bounds Than The Exigencies Of The Nation And The Resources Of The Community.

That This Gentleman [president John Adams] Ought Not To Be The Object Of The Federal Wish, Is, With Me, Reduced To Demonstration. His Administration Has Already Very Materially Disgraced And Sunk The Government. There Are Defects In His Character Which Must Inevitably Continue To Do This More And More. And If He Is Supported By The Federal Party, His Party Must In The Issue Fall With Him.

Divide Et Impera Must Be The Motto Of Every Nation That Either Hates Or Fears Us.