The Freedom Of The Press Is One

Whatever Power May Be Necessary For The National Government A Certain Portion Must Necessarily Be Left In The States. It Is Impossible For One Power To Pervade The Extreme Parts Of The U.s. So As To Carry Equal Justice To Them.

There Is A Passion Natural To The Mind Of Man, Especially A Free Man, Which Renders Him Impatient Of Restraint.

That Slow Poison [slavery] Is Daily Contaminating The Minds And Morals Of Our People. Every Gentlemen Here Is Born A Petty Tyrant, Practiced In Acts Of Despotism And Cruelty.

All Men Have An Equal, Natural And Unalienable Right To The Free Exercise Of Religion, According To The Dictates Of Conscience; And That No Particular Sect Or Society Of Christians Ought To Be Favored Or Established By Law In Preference To Others.

Every Master Of Slaves Is Born A Petty Tyrant. They Bring The Judgment Of Heaven On A Country. As Nations Can Not Be Rewarded Or Punished In The Next World They Must Be In This. By An Inevitable Chain Of Causes & Effects Providence Punishes National Sins, By National Calamities.