I Would Suggest The Taxation Of All

I Suppose This Work Is Part Of The Devil That Is In Us All.

Two Commanders On The Same Field Are Always One Too Many.

Let No Guilty Man Escape If It Can Be Avoided. Be Specially Vigilant-or Instruct Those Engaged In The Prosecution Of Fraud To Be-against All Who Insinuate That They Have High Influence To Protect-or To Protect Them. No Personal Consideration Should Stand In The Way Of Performing A Public Duty.

It Is Preposterous To Suppose That The People Of One Generation Can Lay Down The Best And Only Rules Of Government For All Who Are To Come After Them, And Under Unforeseen Contingencies.

Generally The Officers Of The Army Were Indifferent Whether The Annexation [of Texas] Was Consummated Or Not; But Not So All Of Them. For Myself, I Was Bitterly Opposed To The Measure, And To This Day Regard The War, Which Resulted, As One Of The Most Unjust Ever Waged By A Stronger Against A Weaker Nation. It Was An Instance Of A Republic Following The Bad Example Of European Monarchies, In Not Considering Justice In Their Desire To Acquire Additional Territory.