One, not the least important, is to keep the Federal Government always in a condition to discharge with ease and vigor its highest functions should their exercise be required by any sudden conjuncture of public affairs--a condition to which we are always exposed and which may occur when it is least expected.
Van Buren stresses the necessity for the Federal Government to be prepared to act decisively in times of unexpected public affairs.
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