The germ of dissolution of our federal government is in the constitution of the federal judiciary; an irresponsible body, (for impeachment is scarcely a scare-crow) working like gravity by night and by day, gaining a little today and a little tomorrow, and advancing its noiseless step like a thief, over the field of jurisdiction, until all shall be usurped from the States, and the government of all be consolidated into one.

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.

History has informed us that bodies of men as well as individuals are susceptible of the spirit of tyranny.

Every gentleman plays billiards, but someone who plays billiards too well, is no gentleman.

Was the government to prescribe to us our medicine and diet, our bodies would be in such keeping as our souls are now.

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.

Let our countrymen know that the people alone can protect us against these evils of misgovernment.