T HE O T T A W A F R E E T R A D E R.
interests of sections or classes, must
operate to the prejudice of the inter
ests of their fellow citizens, and
should be avoided. If the compro
mises of the constitution be preser
ved if sectional jealousies and heart
burnings be discountenanced if our
laws be just and the government
be practicaUadministcred strictly
within the limits of power prescribed
to it wc may discard all apprehen
sions for the safety of the Union.
With these views of the nature,
character -and objects of the govern
ment, and the value of the Union, I
shall steadily oppose the creation of
those institutions and systems which
in their nature tend to pervert it from
its legitimate purposes, and make it
the instrument of sections, classes &
individuals. We need no National
Banks or other extraneous institu
tions, planted around the government
to control or strengthen it in opposi
tion to the will of its authors. Expe
rience has taught us how necessary
they arc as auxiliaries of the public
authorities, how impotent for good,
and how powerful for mischief.
Ours is intended to be a plain and
frugal government, and I shall regard
it to be my duty to recommend to
Congress, and, as far as the execu
tive is concerned, to enforce by all
the means within my power, the
strictest economy in the expenditure
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