Is it necessary for me at this time of day to make a declaration of the principles of the Republican Party?… It is not necessary.  These Principles are on record… What are they?

• Love of peace,
• hatred of offensive war,
• jealousy of the State Governments towards the General Government and of the influence of the Executive Government over the co-ordinate branches of that Government;
• a dread of standing armies;
• a loathing of public debt, taxes and exercises;
• tenderness for the liberty of the citizen;
• Jealousy, argus-eyed jealousy of the patronage of the President.

–John Randolph of Roanoke.