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There Is No Power Like Oratory. Caesar Controlled Men By Exciting Their Fears, Cicero By . . . Swaying Their Passions. The Influence Of The One Perished; That Of The Other Continues To This Day.

The Imposition Of Taxes Has Its Limits. There Is A Maximum Which Cannot Be Transcended. Suppose The Citizen To Be Taxed By The General Government To The Utmost Extent Of His Ability, Or A Thing As Much As It Can Possibly Bear, And The State Imposes A Tax At The Same Time, Which Authority Is To Take It?

The Great Advantage Of Our System Of Government Over All Others, Is, That We Have A Written Constitution, Defining Its Limits, And Prescribing Its Authorities; And That, However, For A Time, Faction May Convulse The Nation, And Passion And Party Prejudice Sway Its Functionaries, The Season Of Reflection Will Recur, When Calmly Retracing Their Deeds, All Aberrations From Fundamental Principle Will Be Corrected.

The Measure Of The Wealth Of A Nation Is Indicated By The Measure Of Its Protection Of Its Industry; The Measure Of The Poverty Of A Nation Is Marked By The Degree In Which It Neglects And Abandons The Care Of Its Own Industry, Leaving It Exposed To The Action Of Foreign Powers.

I Cannot Believe That The Killing Of 2,000 Englishmen At New Orleans Qualifies A Person For The Various Difficult And Complicated Duties Of The Presidency.