The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.

Good conscience is the most valuable asset of all!

To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.

The Alien bill proposed in the Senate is a monster that must forever disgrace its parents.

The proposed constitution, therefore, even when tested by the rules laid down by its antagonists, is, in strictness, neither a national nor a federal constitution; but a composition of both. In its foundation it is federal, not national; in the sources from which the ordinary powers of the government are drawn, it is partly federal, and partly national; in the operation of these powers, it is national, not federal; in the extent of them again, it is federal, not national; and finally, in the authoritative mode of introducing amendments, it is neither wholly federal, nor wholly national.

No free country has ever been without Parties, which are a natural offspring of freedom.

In order to judge of the form to be given to this institution the Senate, it will be proper to take a view of the ends to be served by it. These were,first, to protect the people against their rulers, secondly, to protect the people against the transient impressions into which they themselves might be led.