Let the people have property and they will have power - a power that will forever be exerted to prevent the restriction of the press, the abolition of trial by jury, or the abridgment of any other privilege.

The man who has half a million of dollars in property... has a much higher interest in the government, than the man who has little or no property.

The heart should be cultivated with more assiduity than the head.

A military force, at the command of Congress, can execute no laws, but such as the people perceive to be just and constitutional; for they will possess the power, and jealousy will instantly inspire the inclination, to resist the execution of a law which appears to them unjust and oppressive.

Where will you find any code of laws among civilized men in which the commands and prohibitions are not founded on Christian principles? I need not specify the prohibition of murder, robbery, theft, trespass.

In selecting men for office, let principle be your guide. Regard not the particular sect or denomination of the candidate-look to his character.

Language, as well as the faculty of speech, was the immediate gift of God.