The great increase of our population throughout the Union will alone produce an important effect, and in no quarter will it be so sensibly felt as in those in contemplation.

Let us by wise and constitutional measures promote intelligence among the people as the best means of preserving our liberties.

Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will.

[In a republic,] it is not the people themselves who make the decisions, but the people they themselves choose to stand in their places.

Our relations with the other powers of Europe have experienced no essential change since the last session.

If we look to the history of other nations, ancient or modern, we find no example of a growth so rapid, so gigantic, of a people so prosperous and happy.

We must support our rights or lose our character, and with it, perhaps, our liberties.