"The charges made against me in vague and general terms were of such a false and atrocious character that I did not entertain a moment's apprehension for the result."
"The resolution of the House, so far as it is accusatory of the President, is confined to an inquiry whether he had used corrupt or improper means to influence the action of Congress or any of its comm..."
"By what authority have they undertaken to pry into our foreign relations for the purpose of assailing him on account of the instructions given by the Secretary of State to our minister in Mexico relat..."
"And in the expressive and pointed language of Mr. Jefferson, when speaking of the tendency of the legislative branch of Government to usurp the rights of the weaker branches: The concentrating these i..."
"This state of the facts raises the question whether Congress, under the Constitution, has the power to give away the public lands either to States or individuals."
"It would be a strange anomaly indeed to have created two funds--the one by taxation, confined to the execution of the enumerated powers delegated to Congress, and the other from the public lands, appl..."
"If this were not the case, then by the purchase of a new territory from a foreign government out of the public Treasury Congress could enlarge their own powers."
"It will greatly reduce the market value of these warrants."
"We ought ever to maintain the most perfect equality between native and naturalized citizens."
"This bill will open one vast field for speculation."
"There is an enlightened justice, as well as a beautiful symmetry, in every part of the Constitution."
"In my former protest, therefore, I truly and emphatically declared that it was made for no reason personal to myself, but because the proceedings of the House were in violation of the rights of the co..."