After The White House What Is There

A Republic Without Parties Is A Complete Anomaly. The Histories Of All Popular Governments Show Absurd Is The Idea Of Their Attempting To Exist Without Parties.

The Dangers Of A Concentration Of All Power In The General Government Of A Confederacy So Vast As Ours Are Too Obvious To Be Disregarded.

While Men Inhabiting Different Parts Of This Vast Continent Cannot Be Expected To Hold The Same Opinions, They Can Unite In A Common Objective And Sustain Common Principles.

In Expressing Briefly My Views Upon An Important Subject Which Has Recently Agitated The Nation..., I Fervently Hope That The Question Is At Rest And That No Sectional Or Ambitious Or Fanatical Excitement May Again Threaten The Durability Of Our Institutions.

I Find The Remark, "tis Distance Lends Enchantment To The View" Is No Less True Of The Political Than Of The Natural World.