Edmund Burke: “Are there no signs of this man's being a captain-general of iniquity, under whom all the spoilers of India were paid…”

Those who are servants in name, as well as in effect, do not like to be told of their situation, their duty, and their obligations.

As he is not to obey us, but we are to obey the law in him, our Constitution has made no sort of provision towards rendering him, as a servant, in any degree responsible.

This is the spirit of our Constitution, not only in its settled course, but in all its revolutions.

Their objects would be enlarged with their elevation; but their disposition, and habits, and mode of accomplishing their designs must remain the same.