If in asserting rights or in repelling wrongs war should come upon us, our regular force should be increased to an extent proportional to the emergency, and our present small Army is a nucleus around which such force could be formed and embodied.
Jackson states that the regular army should be increased only in response to specific emergencies.
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If we turn to our relations with foreign powers, we find our condition equally gratifying.
The duty of every government [is so] to regulate its currency as to protect this numerous class.
It is from within, among yourselves--from cupidity, from corruption, from disappointed ambition and inordinate thirst for power--that factions will be formed and liberty endangered.
The power, however, is in your hands, and the remedy must and will be applied if you determine upon it.
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