...Congress read in part: Distinctions in society will always exist under every just government . . . but when the laws undertake to add to these natural...and just advantages artificial distinctions ... to make the rich richer and the potent more powerful, the humble members of society— the farmers, mechanics,...

...helping the common man. He said the bank helped only the wealthy and claimed: [It does nothing for] the humble members of society — the farmers, mechanics,...nor the means of securing like favors to themselves. With the bank disagreement as a backdrop, Democratic-Republicans convened in Baltimore, Maryland, in...

...rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes" at the expense of "the humble members of society, the farmers, mechanics, and laborers, who have neither the time or the means of securing like favors to themselves...." Within days one Democratic newspaper headline...