The Gentleman Cannot Have Forgotten His Own

We Have Had Good And Bad Presidents, And It Is A Consoling Reflection That The American Nation Possesses Such Elements Of Prosperity That The Bad Presidents Cannot Destroy It, And Have Been Able To Do No More Than Slightly To Retard The Public's Advancement.

In All Cases Where Incidental Powers Are Acted Upon, The Principal And Incidental Ought To Be Congenial With Each Other, And Partake Of A Common Nature. The Incidental Power Ought To Be Strictly Subordinate And Limited To The End Proposed To Be Obtained By The Specified Power. In Other Words, Under The Name Of Accomplishing One Object Which Is Specified, The Power Implied Ought Not To Be Made To Embrace Other Objects, Which Are Not Specified In The Constitution.

The Colors That Float From The Masthead Should Be The Credentials Of Our Seamen. There Is No Safety To Us, And The Gentlemen Have Shown It, But In The Rule That All Who Sail Under The Flag (not Being Enemies) Are Protected By The Flag.

A Nation's Character Is The Sum Of Its Splendid Deeds; They Constitute One Common Patrimony, The Nation's Inheritance. They Awe Foreign Powers, They Arouse And Animate Our Own People.

Precedents Deliberately Established By Wise Men Are Entitled To Great Weight. They Are Evidence Of Truth, But Only Evidence...but A Solitary Precedent...which Has Never Been Reexamined, Cannot Be Conclusive.