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The Connection Which Formerly Existed Between The Government And Banks Was In Reality Injurious To Both, As Well As To The General Interests Of The Community At Large.

Banks Properly Established And Conducted Are Highly Useful To The Business Of The Country, And Will Doubtless Continue To Exist In The States So Long As They Conform To Their Laws And Are Found To Be Safe And Beneficial.

I Never Knew A Man More Free From Conceit, Or One To Whom It Was A Greater Extent A Pleasure, As Well As A Recognized Duty, To Listen Patiently To What Might Be Said To Him Upon Any Subject Under Consideration....neither, I Need Scarcely Say, Was He In The Habit Of Talking, Much Less Boasting, Of His Own Achievements.

No Evil Can Result From Its [slavery's] Inhibition More Pernicious Than Its Toleration.

On Receiving From The People The Sacred Trust Twice Confided On My Illustrious Predecessor, And Which He Has Discharged So Faithfully And So Well, I Know That I Can Not Expect To Perform The Arduous Task With Equal Ability And Success.