Our Constitution Rests On The Good Sense

So Far As The Object Of Taxation Is To Raise A Revenue For Discharging The Debts And Defraying The Expenses Of The Community, Its Operation Should Be Adapted As Much As Possible To Suit The Burden With Equal Hand Upon All In Proportion With Their Ability Of Bearing It Without Oppression.

America Does Not Go Abroad In Search Of Monsters To Destroy. She Is The Well-wisher To The Freedom And Independence Of All. She Well Knows That By Enlisting Under Other Banners Than Her Own, Were They Even The Banners Of Foreign Independence, She Would Involve Herself Beyond The Power Of Extrication In All The Wars Of Interest And Intrigue, Of Individual Avarice, Envy And Ambition, Which Assume The Colors And Usurp The Standards Of Freedom.

I Want A Warm And Faithful Friend, To Cheer The Adverse Hour; Who Ne'er To Flatter Will Descend, Nor Bend The Knee To Power,- A Friend To Chide Me When I'm Wrong, My Inmost Soul To See; And That My Friendship Prove As Strong For Him As His For Me.

The Hope Of A Christian Is Inseparable From His Faith. Whoever Believes In The Divine Inspiration Of The Holy Scriptures Must Hope That The Religion Of Jesus Shall Prevail Throughout The Earth. Never Since The Foundation Of The World Have The Prospects Of Mankind Been More Encouraging To That Hope Than They Appear To Be At The Present Time. And May The Associated Distribution Of The Bible Proceed And Prosper Till The Lord Shall Have Made 'bare His Holy Arm In The Eyes Of All The Nations, And All The Ends Of The Earth Shall See The Salvation Of Our God' (isaiah 52:10).

The Freedom Of The Press Should Be Inviolate.