In Adopting The Republican Form Of Government,

This Magistrate Is Not The King. The People Are The King.

The Reflection And Experience Of Many Years Have Led Me To Consider The Holy Writings Not Only As The Most Authentic And Instructive In Themselves, But As The Clue To All Other History. They Tell Us What Man Is, And They Alone Tell Us Why He Is What He Is: A Contradictory Creature That Seeing And Approving Of What Is Good, Pursues And Performs What Is Evil. All Of Private And Public Life Is There Displayed. ... From The Same Pure Fountain Of Wisdom We Learn That Vice Destroys Freedom; That Arbitrary Power Is Founded On Public Immorality.

Religion Is The Only Solid Basis Of Good Morals; Therefore Education Should Teach The Precepts Of Religion, And The Duties Of Man Toward God. These Duties Are, Internally, Love And Adoration: Externally, Devotion And Obedience; Therefore Provision Should Be Made For Maintaining Divine Worship As Well As Education. But Each One Has A Right To Entire Liberty As To Religious Opinions, For Religion Is The Relation Between God And Man; Therefore It Is Not Within The Reach Of Human Authority.

He Asks How The Evil Is To Be Remedied. I Tell Him That There Seems To Be Little Chance For Avoiding The Extremes Of Despotism Or Anarchy; That The Only Ground Of Hope Must Be The Morals Of The People, But That These Are, I Fear, Too Corrupt.

The Trial Of Zenger In 1735 Was The Germ Of American Freedom, The Morning Star Of That Liberty Which Subsequently Revolutionized America.