Its doctrine, which divides the people into the best and worst part of the population, is here denounced as "the never-failing source of tyranny and oppression, of civil strife, the shedding of brothers' blood, and the total extinction of freedom.
Quincy critiques a doctrine that categorizes people, warning it leads to tyranny and oppression.
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The power of the present Congress to enact laws essential to the welfare of the people has been struck with apoplexy by the executive hand.
It prolongs life itself, and enlarges the sphere of existence.
If there is a Bostonian who ever sailed from his own harbor for distant lands, or returned to it from them, without feelings, at the sight of the Blue Hills, which he is unable to express, his heart is differently constituted from mine.
With a tolerable share of common sense, I hope, in America, to be independent and free.
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