“I have ever been opposed to banks, - opposed to internal improvements by the general government, - opposed to distribution of public lands among the states, - opposed to taking the power from the hands of the people, - opposed to special monopolies, - opposed to a protective tariff, - opposed to a latitudinal construction of the constitution, — opposed to slavery agitation and disunion. This is my democracy. Point to a single act of my public career not in keeping with these principles.”
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