Let Us By Wise And Constitutional Measures

In Wars Of The European Powers In Matters Relating To Themselves We Have Never Taken Any Part, Nor Does It Comport With Our Policy So To Do

It Is Only When The People Become Ignorant And Corrupt, When They Degenerate Into A Populace, That They Are Incapable Of Exercising Their Sovereignty.

Our Relations With The Other Powers Of Europe Have Experienced No Essential Change Since The Last Session.

The Earth Was Given To Mankind To Support The Greatest Number Of Which It Is Capable, And No Tribe Or People Have A Right To Withhold From The Wants Of Others More Than Is Necessary For Their Own Support And Comfort.

History Has Shown That At Least One-half Of Every Century Is Consumed In War.