The advice nearest to my heart and deepest in my convictions is that the Union of the States be cherished and perpetuated.

Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence, and ecclesiastical establishments tend to great ignorance and corruption; all of which facilitate the execution of mischievous projects.

Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression.

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

Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence.

It is a misfortune incident to republican government, though in a less degree than to other governments, that those who administer it, may forget their obligations to their constituents, and prove unfaithful to their important trust.

Security against foreign danger is one of the primitive objects of civil society. It is an avowed and essential object of the American Union.