I deny the power of the general government to making paper money, or anything else a legal tender.

Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous and they are tied to their country and wedded to its liberty and interests by the most lasting bands.

Nothing can be believed but what one sees, or has from an eye witness.

Any woodsman can tell you that in a broken and sundered nest, one can hardly find more than a precious few whole eggs. So it is with the family.

Earnestly recommended to all officers and soldiers, diligently to attend divine services.

Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.

The most sacred of the duties of a government [is] to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens.