It Would Seem From This Fact, That

We Profess To Be Republicans, And Yet We Neglect The Only Means Of Establishing And Perpetuating Our Republican Forms Of Government; That Is, The Universal Education Of Our Youth In The Principles Of Christianity By Means Of The Bible; For This Divine Book, Above All Others, Favors That Equality Among Mankind, That Respect For Just Laws, And All Those Sober And Frugal Virtues Which Constitute The Soul Of Republicanism.

Let Our Pupil Be Taught That He Does Not Belong To Himself, But That He Is Public Property. Let Him Be Taught To Love His Family, But Let Him Be Taught At The Same Time That He Must Forsake And Even Forget Them When The Welfare Of His Country Requires It.

In Such A Performance You May Lay The Foundation Of National Happiness Only In Religion, Not By Leaving It Doubtful "whether Morals Can Exist Without It," But By Asserting That Without Religion Morals Are The Effects Of Causes As Purely Physical As Pleasant Breezes And Fruitful Seasons.

I Do Not Believe That The Constitution Was The Offspring Of Inspiration, But I Am As Satisfied That It Is As Much The Work Of A Divine Providence As Any Of The Miracles Recorded In The Old And New Testament.

[w]here There Is No Law, There Is No Liberty; And Nothing Deserves The Name Of Law But That Which Is Certain And Universal In Its Operation Upon All The Members Of The Community.