Either would be constitutional and useful, and would render unnecessary any attempt in our present peculiar condition to divide the surplus revenue or to reduce it any faster than will be effected by the existing laws.
Jackson argues that proposed financial actions would be constitutional and beneficial under current conditions.
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If we turn to our relations with foreign powers, we find our condition equally gratifying.
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.
It is impossible that any government can continue to exist upon any other principles.
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