No More Slave States And No More

No Nation Can Be Strong Except In The Strength Of God, Or Safe Except In His Defense. The Trust Of Our People In God Should Be Declared On Our National Coins.

Once I Should Have Been, If Not Satisfied, Partially, At Least, Contented With Suffrage For The Intelligent And Those Who Have Been Soldiers; Now I Am Convinced That Universal Suffrage Is Demanded By Sound Policy And Impartial Justice.

What You Have Said, Mr. President, Fully Satisfies Me That You Have Given To Every Proposition Which Has Been Made, A Kind And Candid Consideration. And You Have Now Expressed The Conclusion To Which You Have Arrived, Clearly And Distinctly.

If Congress Sees Fit To Impose A Capitation, Or Other Direct Tax, It Must Be Laid In Proportion To The Census; If Congress Determines To Impose Duties, Imposts, And Excises, They Must Be Uniform Throughout The United States. These Are Not Strictly Limitations Of Power. They Are Rules Prescribing The Mode In Which It Shall Be Exercised... This Review Shows That Personal Property, Contracts, Occupations, And The Like Have Never Been Regarded By Congress As Proper Subjects Of Direct Tax.

My Agency In Promoting The Passage Of The National Bank Act Was The Greatest Financial Mistake Of My Life. It Has Built Up A Monopoly, Which Affects Every Interest In The Country. It Should Be Repealed, But Before That Can Be Accomplished, The People Will Be Arrayed On One Side And The Banks On The Other, In A Contest Such As We Have Never Before Seen In This Country.