I Fear We May Live To See

Have No Power, By Taxation Or Otherwise, To Retard, Impede, Burden Or In Any Manner Control The Operations Of The Constitutional Laws Enacted By Congress.

The Institution Of Masonry Ought To Be Abandoned As One Capable Of Much Evil, And Incapable Of Producing Any Good Which Might Not Be Affected By Safe And Open Means.

It Is The Peculiar Province Of The Legislature To Prescribe General Rules For The Government Of Society; The Application Of Those Rules To Individuals In Society Would Seem To Be The Duty Of Other Departments.

It Is Emphatically The Province And Duty Of The Judicial Department To Say What The Law Is...if Two Laws Conflict With Each Other, The Courts Must Decide On The Operation Of Each...this Is Of The Very Essence Of Judicial Duty.

This Government Is Acknowledged By All, To Be One Of Enumerated Powers.