...regulators of the law, and, as such, are actually desirable. Washington said of party spirit : " It is a fire not to be quenched ; it demands a uniform vigilance...flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume." That " uniform vigilance" is the price of our liberties ; so long as it is exercised by our public...

...danger of excess, the effort ought to be, by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance...flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume." There would seem to be, theoretically, no impossihility in a government founded on consent, yet strong...

...danger of excess, the eftbrt ought to be, by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A fire, not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance,...prevent its bursting into a flame ; lest, instead of warning, it consume." How truly, in sixty years, all this has been confirmed. Nay, the first four elections...

...danger of excess, the effort ought to be, by force of public opinion, to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance...intrusted with its administration to confine themselves 0 within their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding in the exercise of the , ^ powers of one...

...danger of an excess of it. He closed this passage by branding the spirit of party in a metaphor: "A fire not to be quenched; it demands a uniform vigilance...flame, lest instead of warming, it should consume." No one can doubt that by the end of his administration Washington's role had become that of a committed...

...constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate and assuage it: A Fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest it should not only warm but consume.12 It is in a particular manner to be regretted that our parties...

...others is as great today as when Washington, in his Farewell Address, felt impelled to caution that : "It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking...their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding in UKexercise of the powers of one department, to encroach upon another. The spirit of encroachment tends...

...would like to close, therefore, the very blunt warning of George AVashington in the Farewell Address : It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking...powers of one department to encroach upon another. The sprit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create,...

...Committee through this Resolution 12, calling for nn "exploratory convention." Again quoting Washington, "It is important likewise that the habits of thinking...in a free country should inspire caution in those entrusted with its administration to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres."...

...constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance...flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume." When such vigilance was lacking, Washington warned, "the alternate domination of one faction over another...