The Press, Like Fire, Is An Excellent

New York Is Essentially National In Interest, Position, Pursuits. No One Thinks Of The Place As Belonging To A Particular State, But To The United States.

The Americans... Are Almost Ignorant Of The Art Of Music, One Of The Most Elevating, Innocent And Refining Of Human Tastes, Whose Influence On The Habits And Morals Of A People Is Of The Most Beneficial Tendency.

The Very Existence Of Government At All, Infers Inequality. The Citizen Who Is Preferred To Office Becomes The Superior Of Those Who Are Not, So Long He Is The Repository Of Power.

One Of The Most Melancholy Consequences Of This Habit Of Deferring To Other Nations, And To Other Systems, Is The Fact That It Causes Us To Undervalue The High Blessings We So Peculiarly Enjoy; To Render Us Ungrateful Towards God, And To Make Us Unjust To Our Fellow Men, By Throwing Obstacles In Their Progress Towards Liberty.

Systems Are To Be Appreciated By Their General Effects, And Not By Particular Exceptions.