The clamor against this principle, is the clamor of those who wish to see the State revolutionized--it is the clamor of those turbulent spirits which delight in confusion and which pull down and destroy with a dexterity which they never shew in building up.
Daggett warns that the opposition to established principles comes from those who seek chaos and destruction.
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Another part of this expense will be the elevation of men to office who are unworthy of public confidence.
What could now be expected from these men but that they become immediately the creatures of a party--the tools of a faction?
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Could you see them approach their dust with such language on their tongues, you would see them retreat with horrible confusion from these relicks of departed worth.
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