The Will Of The People Is The

Encourage Free Schools And Resolve That Not One Dollar Appropriated For Their Support Shall Be Appropriated To The Support Of Any Sectarian Schools. Resolve That Neither The State Nor Nation, Nor Both Combined, Shall Support Institutions Of Learning Other Than Those Sufficient To Afford Every Child Growing Up In The Land Of Opportunity Of A Good Common School Education, Unmixed With Sectarian, Pagan, Or Atheistical Dogmas. Leave The Matter Of Religion To The Family Altar, The Church And The Private School Supported Entirely By Private Contributions. Keep The Church And State Forever Separate.

I Would Suggest The Taxation Of All Property Equally, Whether Church Or Corporation, Exempting Only The Last Resting Place Of The Dead And Possibly, With Proper Restrictions, Church Edifices.

Hold Fast To The Bible. To The Influence Of This Book We Are Indebted For All The Progress Made In True Civilization And To This We Must Look As Our Guide In The Future.

My Family Is American, And Has Been For Generations, In All Its Branches, Direct And Collateral

There Are But Two Parties Now: Traitors And Patriots. And I Want Hereafter To Be Ranked With The Latter And, I Trust, The Stronger Party.