My Agency In Promoting The Passage Of

Once I Should Have Been, If Not Satisfied, Partially, At Least, Contented With Suffrage For The Intelligent And Those Who Have Been Soldiers; Now I Am Convinced That Universal Suffrage Is Demanded By Sound Policy And Impartial Justice.

The Constitution, In All Its Provisions, Looks To An Indestructible Union Composed Of Indestructible States.

The Law Of The Creator, Which Invests Every Human Being With An Inalienable Title To Freedom, Cannot Be Repealed By Any Interior Law Which Asserts That Man Is Property.

If Congress Sees Fit To Impose A Capitation, Or Other Direct Tax, It Must Be Laid In Proportion To The Census; If Congress Determines To Impose Duties, Imposts, And Excises, They Must Be Uniform Throughout The United States. These Are Not Strictly Limitations Of Power. They Are Rules Prescribing The Mode In Which It Shall Be Exercised... This Review Shows That Personal Property, Contracts, Occupations, And The Like Have Never Been Regarded By Congress As Proper Subjects Of Direct Tax.

My Agency In Promoting The Passage Of The National Banking Act Was The Greatest Mistake Of My Life. It Has Built Up A Monopoly Which Affects Every Interest In The Country