Who are to be the electors of the Federal Representatives? Not the rich, more than the poor

What becomes of the surplus of human life? It is either, 1st. destroyed by infanticide, as among the Chinese and Lacedemonians; or 2d. it is stifled or starved, as among other nations whose population is commensurate to its food; or 3d. it is consumed by wars and endemic diseases; or 4th. it overflows, by emigration, to places where a surplus of food is attainable.

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

Landholders ought to have a share in the government to support these invaluable interests and check the other many. They ought to be so constituted as to protect the minority of the opulent against the majority.

Good conscience is the most valuable asset of all!

The legislative department is everywhere extending the sphere of its activity and drawing all power into its impetuous vortex.

A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country.