All Legislation Is Founded Upon The Principle

Peaceably If We Can, Forcibly If We Must.

All Legislation Is Founded Upon The Principle Of Mutual Concession.

Whether We Assert Our Rights By Sea, Or Attempt Their Maintenance By Land Whithersoever We Turn Ourselves, This Phantom Incessantly Pursues Us. Already Has It Had Too Much Influence On The Councils Of The Nation.

We Have Had Good And Bad Presidents, And It Is A Consoling Reflection That The American Nation Possesses Such Elements Of Prosperity That The Bad Presidents Cannot Destroy It, And Have Been Able To Do No More Than Slightly To Retard The Public's Advancement.

Let Him Who Elevates Himself Above Humanity . . . Say, If He Pleases, "i Will Never Compromise"; But Let No One Who Is Not Above The Frailties Of Our Common Nature Disdain Compromise.