Because the clerk of this house--the mere clerk, whom we create, whom we employ, and whose existence depends upon our will--usurps the throne, and sets us, the representatives, the vicegerents of the whole American people, at defiance, and holds us in contempt!
Quincy criticizes the clerk of the house for overstepping authority and disrespecting the elected representatives.
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I have no doubt our citizens will rally a second time round the standard of Common Sense.
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