I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachusetts; she needs none. There she is. Behold her, and judge for yourselves. There is her history; the world knows it by heart. The past, at least, is secure. There is Boston, and Concord, and Lexington, and Bunker Hill; and there they will remain forever.

The gentleman has not seen how to reply to this, otherwise than by supposing me to have advanced the doctrine that a national debt is a national blessing.

The people's government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.

Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interestss, and see whether we also, in our d…