The Civil War Which Has So Long

The American Continents, By The Free And Independent Condition By Which They Have Assumed And Maintained, Are Henceforth Not To Be Considered As Subjects For Future Colonization By Any European Powers.

The Movements Of A Great Nation Are Connected In All Their Parts. If Errors Have Been Committed They Ought To Be Corrected; If The Policy Is Sound It Ought To Be Supported.

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

The Crime Of Ingratitude Has Not Yet Stained, And I Trust Never Will Stain, Our National Character. You Are Considered By Them As Not Only Having Rendered Important Service In Our Own Revolution, But As Being, On A More Extended Scale, The Friend Of Human Rights, And Able Advocate Of Public Liberty. To The Welfare Of Thomas Paine, The Americas Are Not, Nor Can They Be, Indifferent.

A Free, Virtuous, And Enlightened People Must Know Full Well The Great Principles And Causes Upon Which Their Happiness Depends.