Peaceably If We Can, Forcibly If We

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 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.

The Arts Of Power And Its Minions Are The Same In All Countries And In All Ages. It Marks Its Victim; Denounces It; And Excites The Public Odium And The Public Hatred, To Conceal Its Own Abuses And Encroachments.

All Legislation, All Government, All Society Is Founded Upon The Principle Of Mutual Concession, Politeness, Comity, Courtesy; Upon These Everything Is Based...let Him Who Elevates Himself Above Humanity, Above Its Weaknesses, Its Infirmities, Its Wants, Its Necessities, Say, If He Pleases, I Will Never Compromise; But Let No One Who Is Not Above The Frailties Of Our Common Nature Disdain Compromises.

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.