The Bank of the United States, as twice established, incurred the hostility of the Democratic party,--their two greatest leaders, Jefferson and Jackson, regarding the creation of such an institution as not warranted by the Constitution.
Blaine highlights the historical opposition to the Bank of the United States from prominent figures like Jefferson and Jackson.
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Is any portion of the people bound to contribute their money or their blood to carry on a contest like that?
The States are colleagues of one another, and if some of them shall conquer the rest, and hold them as subjugated provinces, it would totally destroy the whole theory upon which they are now connected.
All these provisions are made to protect the States, not to authorize an attack by one part of the country upon another; to preserve the peace, and not to plunge them into civil war.
You can use force only to repel an assault on the public property and aid the Courts in the performance of their duty.
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