If You Wish To Avoid Foreign Collision,

I Cannot Believe That The Killing Of 2,000 Englishmen At New Orleans Qualifies A Person For The Various Difficult And Complicated Duties Of The Presidency.

The Great Advantage Of Our System Of Government Over All Others, Is, That We Have A Written Constitution, Defining Its Limits, And Prescribing Its Authorities; And That, However, For A Time, Faction May Convulse The Nation, And Passion And Party Prejudice Sway Its Functionaries, The Season Of Reflection Will Recur, When Calmly Retracing Their Deeds, All Aberrations From Fundamental Principle Will Be Corrected.

The Gentleman Cannot Have Forgotten His Own Sentiment, Uttered Even On The Floor Of This House, Peaceably If We Can, Forcibly If We Must.

All Legislation, All Government, All Society Is Founded Upon The Principle Of Mutual Concession, Politeness, Comity, Courtesy; Upon These Everything Is Based...let Him Who Elevates Himself Above Humanity, Above Its Weaknesses, Its Infirmities, Its Wants, Its Necessities, Say, If He Pleases, I Will Never Compromise; But Let No One Who Is Not Above The Frailties Of Our Common Nature Disdain Compromises.

Courtesies Of A Small And Trivial Character Are The Ones Which Strike Deepest In The Grateful And Appreciating Heart.