Ambition Must Be Made To Counteract Ambition.

The Convention Thought It Wrong To Admit In The Constitution The Idea That There Could Be Property In Men.

We Have The Self-evident Right To Regulate Our Trade According To Our Own Will And Our Own Interest . . . . This Right Can Be Denied To No Independent Nation.

As Compacts, Charters Of Government Are Superior In Obligation To All Others, Because They Give Effect To All Others. As Truths, None Can Be More Sacred, Because They Are Bound, On The Conscience By The Religious Sanctions Of An Oath. As Metes And Bounds Of Government, They Transcend All Other Land-marks, Because Every Public Usurpation Is An Encroachment On The Private Right, Not Of One, But Of All.

Wherever There Is Interest And Power To Do Wrong, Wrong Will Generally Be Done.

Good Conscience Is The Most Valuable Asset Of All!