“During the course of administration, and in order to disturb it, the artillery of the press has been levelled against us, charged with whatsoever its licentiousness […]
“The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying our own money for unexplained projects, forbids it in the dispensation of the public moneys.” […]
“Stability in government is essential to national character and to the advantages annexed to it, as well as to that repose and confidence in the minds […]