Principles Are Eternal.

The Money Problem Facing The Country From 1789 To 1896 Existed Because Congress Never Exercised Is Authority To "coin Money Or Regulate The Value Thereof" - But Rather Delegated That Authority, Sometimes By Charter And Sometimes By Default, To The Banking System. This Despite The Provision In The Constitution That Charged Congress With The Power To 'coin Money, Regulate The Value Thereof, And Of Foreign Coin, And Fix The Standards Of Weight And Measures.'

Whenever One Refuses To Admit Such A Self-evident Truth, For Instance, As That It Is Wrong To Steal, Don't Argue With Him-search Him; The Reason May Be Found In His Pocket.

The Government Being The Peoples Business, It Necessarily Follows That Its Operations Should Be At All Times Open To The Public View. Publicity Is Therefore As Essential To Honest Administration As Freedom Of Speech Is To Representative Government. Equal Rights To All And Special Privileges To None Is The Maxim Which Should Control In All Departments Of Government.

Belief In God Is Almost Universal And The Effect Of This Belief Is So Vast That One Is Appalled At The Thought Of What Social Conditions Would Be If Reverence For God Were Erased From Every Heart.

I Can Not Wish You Success In Your Effort To Reject The Treaty Because While It May Win The Fight It May Destroy Our Cause. My Plan Cannot Fail If The People Are With Us And We Ought Not To Succeed Unless We Do Have The People With Us.