Writing to James Madison, he observed that the US Constitution had at least checked “the Dog of war,” by transferring “the power of letting him loose from the Executive to the Legislative body, from those who are to spend to those who are to pay.”
En una carta a James Madison, observó que la Constitución de los EE.UU. había contenido al menos “el perro de la guerra”, al transferir “el poder de darle rienda suelta del Ejecutivo al Legislativo, de quienes han de gastar a quienes han de pagar”.