The President, and government, will only control the militia when a part of them is in the actual service of the federal government, else, they are independent and not under the command of the president or the government. The states would control the militia, only when called out into the service of the state, and then the governor would be commander in chief where enumerated in the respective state constitution.

[A] power equal to every possible contingency must exist somewhere in the government . . .

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

In the general course of human nature, A power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will.

When human laws contradict or discountenance the means, which are necessary to preserve the essential rights of any society, they defeat the proper end of all laws, and so become null and void.

The origin of all civil government, justly established, must be a voluntary compact, between the rulers and the ruled; and must be liable to such limitations, as are necessary for the security of the absolute rights of the latter; for what original title can any man or set of men have, to govern others, except their own consent?

No character, however upright, is a match for constantly reiterated attacks, however false.