[151] Opinion against the Constitutionality of a National Bank, Feb. 15, 1791: Memoir, Correspondence, etc., Vol. IV. p. 523; Writings, Vol. VII. p. 556. See also Letter to Judge Johnson, June 12, 1823: Memoir, Correspondence, etc., Vol. IV. p. 374; Works, Vol. VII. p. 297.
[152] Debates, etc., of the Massachusetts Convention, February 1, 1788. See also Life of Samuel Adams, by William V. Wells, Vol. III. pp. 271, 272, 325, 331.
[153] Journal of Federal Convention, Supplement, pp. 419, 441, 455. Elliot's Debates, II. 484, III. 211, IV. 223.
[154] The same progression in ancient Rome arrested the observation of Sallust: "Primo pecuniæ, dein imperii cupido crevit. Ea quasi materies omnium malorum fuere."—Catilina, c. 10
[155] Hor., Carm. I. xxxiv. 3-5.
[156] Case of Sommersett, Howell's State Trials, XX. 51.
[157] Ibid., 81.
[158] Madison's Debates, July 12, 1787.
[159] Madison's Debates, August 21 and 22, 1787.
[160] The Genuine Information delivered to the Legislature of Maryland, etc. p. 36: Appended to Vol. IV. Elliot's Debates.