Of How Much Importance Is It, That

A Nation Of Shopkeepers Are Very Seldom So Disinterested.

The Right To Freedom Being The Gift Of God, It Is Not In The Power Of Man To Alienate This Gift And Voluntarily Become A Slave.

If Men Of Wisdom And Knowledge, Of Moderation And Temperance, Of Patience, Fortitude And Perseverance, Of Sobriety And True Republican Simplicity Of Manners, Of Zeal For The Honour Of The Supreme Being And The Welfare Of The Commonwealth; If Men Possessed Of These Other Excellent Qualities Are Chosen To Fill The Seats Of Government, We May Expect That Our Affairs Will Rest On A Solid And Permanent Foundation.

Religion And Good Morals Are The Only Solid Foundation Of Public Liberty And Happiness.

Let Us Contemplate Our Forefathers, And Posterity, And Resolve To Maintain The Rights Bequeathed To Us From The Former, For The Sake Of The Latter.