That those whose immediate pecuniary interests are to be affected by proposed expenditures should shrink from the application of a rule which prefers their more general and remote interests to those which are personal and immediate is to be expected.
Jackson notes that those with direct financial stakes in expenditures may resist broader interests being prioritized.
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But amid this general prosperity and splendid success the dangers of which he warned us are becoming every day more evident.
I can not think it proper, in a matter of such vital interest, to approve a bill so liable to diversity of interpretations
The victory of the injured would not secure to them the blessings of liberty.
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