Peaceably If We Can, Forcibly If We

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.

The Colors That Float From The Masthead Should Be The Credentials Of Our Seamen. There Is No Safety To Us, And The Gentlemen Have Shown It, But In The Rule That All Who Sail Under The Flag (not Being Enemies) Are Protected By The Flag.

In All Cases Where Incidental Powers Are Acted Upon, The Principal And Incidental Ought To Be Congenial With Each Other, And Partake Of A Common Nature. The Incidental Power Ought To Be Strictly Subordinate And Limited To The End Proposed To Be Obtained By The Specified Power. In Other Words, Under The Name Of Accomplishing One Object Which Is Specified, The Power Implied Ought Not To Be Made To Embrace Other Objects, Which Are Not Specified In The Constitution.

I Am Not, Sir, In Favor Of Cherishing The Passion Of Conquest. I Am Permitted ... To Indulge The Hope Of Seeing, Ere Long, The New United States, (if You Will Allow Me The Expression,) Embracing Not Only The Old.

Of All The Properties Which Belong To Honorable Men, Not One Is So Highly Prized As That Of Character.