That All Power Of Suspending Laws, Or

That In All Capital Or Criminal Prosecutions A Man Bath A Right To Demand The Cause And Nature Of His Accusation, To Be Confronted With The Accusers And Witnesses, To Call For Evidence In His Favor, And To A Speedy Trial By An Impartial Jury Of Twelve Men Of His Vicinage, Without Whose Unanimous Consent He Cannot Be Found Guilty; Nor Can He Be Compelled To Give Evidence Against Himself; That No Man Be Deprived Of His Liberty, Except By The Law Of The Land Or The Judgment Of His Peers.

I Quitted My Seat In The House Of Delegates, From A Conviction That I Was No Longer Able To Do Any Essential Service.

As Much As I Value An Union Of All The States, I Would Not Admit The Southern States Into The Union, Unless They Agreed To The Discontinuance Of This Disgraceful Trade, Because It Would Bring Weakness And Not Strength To The Union.

A Well-regulated Militia, Composed Of The Body Of The People, Trained To Arms, Is The Proper, Natural, And Safe Defense Of A Free State; That Standing Armies, In Time Of Peace, Should Be Avoided As Dangerous To Liberty; And That In All Cases The Military Should Be Under Strict Subordination To, And Governed By, The Civil Power.

Who Are The Militia, If They Be Not The People, Of This Country...? I Ask Who Are The Militia? They Consist Now Of The Whole People, Except A Few Public Officers.