A national debt if it is not excessive will be to us a national blessing; it will be powerfull cement of our union. It will also create a necessity for keeping up taxation to a degree which without being oppressive, will be a spur to industry.

Would they not fear that citizens not less tenacious than conscious of their rights would flock from the remotest extremes of their respective states to the places of election, to overthrow their tyrants, and to substitute men who would be disposed to avenge the violated majesty of the people?

Common interest may always be reckoned upon as the surest bond of sympathy.

Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude its influence.

The obscurity is much oftener in the passions and prejudices of the reasoner than in the subject.

We are attempting, by this Constitution, to abolish factions, and to unite all parties for the general welfare.

A garden, you know, is a very usual refuge of a disappointed politician. Accordingly, I have purchased a few acres about nine miles from town, have built a house, and am cultivating a garden.