In the last place, though first in importance I shall ask-is there any thing doing, or that can be done to restore the credit of our currency? The depreciation of it is got to so alarming a point-that a waggon load of money will scarcely purchase a waggon load of provision.

War never pays its dividends in cash on the money it costs.

They have money for war but can't feed the poor.

When you borrow money from another country for the sacred purpose of national rehabilitation, it is wrong to squander it upon indulgences.

Nothing short of self-respect and that justice which is essential to a national character ought to involve us in war.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.