The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.

An honest heart being the first blessing, a knowing head is the second.

Whose foot is to be the measure to which ours are all to be cut or stretched?

Bank-paper must be suppressed, and the circulating medium must be restored to the nation to whom it belongs.

Every nation has a right to govern itself internally under what forms it pleases, and to change these forms at its own will.

The expedition of Messrs. Lewis & Clarke for exploring the river Missouri, & the best communication from that to the Pacific ocean, has had all the success which could have been expected.

I have now the gloomy prospect of retiring from office loaded with serious debts, which will materially affect the tranquility of my retirement.