The question then will be, whether a consolidated government can preserve the freedom and secure the rights of the people.

The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.

The epithets of parent and child have been long applied to Great Britain and her colonies, [but] we rarely see anything from your side of the water except the authoritative style of a master to a school-boy.

The augmentation of slaves weakens the states; and such a trade is diabolical in itself, and disgraceful to mankind.

The [President's] Nomination, of Course, brings the Subject fully under the Consideration of the Senate; who have then a Right to decide upon its Propriety or Impropriety.

To disarm the people... was the best and most effectual way to enslave them.

Attend with Diligence and strict Integrity to the Interest of your Correspondents and enter into no Engagements which you have not the almost certain Means of performing.