There Is More Selfishness And Less Principle

Public Opinion: May It Always Perform One Of Its Appropriate Offices, By Teaching The Public Functionaries Of The State And Of The Federal Government, That Neither Shall Assume The Exercise Of Powers Entrusted By The Constitution To The Other.

Under The Benignant Providence Of Almighty God The Representatives Of The States And Of The People Are Again Brought Together To Deliberate For The Public Good.

General Taylor Is, I Have No Doubt, A Well-meaning Old Man. He Is, However, Uneducated, Exceedingly Ignorant Of Public Affairs, And I Should Judge, Of Very Ordinary Capacity.

The Passion For Office Among Members Of Congress Is Very Great, If Not Absolutely Disreputable, And Greatly Embarrasses The Operations Of The Government. They Create Offices By Their Own Votes And Then Seek To Fill Them Themselves.

One Great Object Of The Constitution Was To Restrain Majorities From Oppressing Minorities Or Encroaching Upon Their Just Rights.