Honor Lies In Honest Toil.

He Who Takes The Oath Today To Preserve, Protect, And Defend The Constitution Of The United States Only Assumes The Solemn Obligation Which Every Patriotic Citizen . . . Should Share With Him. . . . Your Every Voter, As Surely As Your Chief Magistrate, Under The Same High Sanction, Though In A Different Sphere, Exercises A Public Trust.

Every Citizen Owes To The Country A Vigilant Watch And Close Scrutiny Of Its Public Servants And A Fair And Reasonable Estimate Of Their Fidelity.

I Can Find No Warrant For Such An Appropriation In The Constitution, And I Do Not Believe That The Power And Duty Of The General Government Ought To Be Extended To The Relief Of Individual Suffering Which Is In No Manner Properly Related To The Public Service Or Benefit.

Some Day I Will Be Better Remembered.

When More Of The People's Sustenance Is Exacted Through The Form Of Taxation Than Is Necessary To Meet The Just Obligations Of Government And Expenses Of Its Economical Administration, Such Exaction Becomes Ruthless Extortion And A Violation Of The Fundamental Principles Of Free Government.