[V]igor of government is essential to the security of liberty.

It is the Press which has corrupted our political morals - and it is to the Press we must look for the means of our political regeneration.

By a steady adherence to the Union we may hope, erelong, to become the arbiter of Europe in America, and to be able to incline the balance of European competitions in this part of the world as our interest may dictate.

Its objects are CONTRACTS with foreign nations which have the force of law, but derive it from the obligations of good faith.

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

I have a tender reliance on the mercy of the Almighty, through the merits of the Lord Jesus Christ. I am a sinner. I look to Him for mercy; pray for me.

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.