Under The Blessings Of Divine Providence... It

Under The Benignant Providence Of Almighty God The Representatives Of The States And Of The People Are Again Brought Together To Deliberate For The Public Good. The Gratitude Of The Nation To The Sovereign Arbiter Of All Human Events Should Be Commensurate With The Boundless Blessings Which We Enjoy. Peace, Plenty, And Contentment Reign Throughout Our Borders, And Our Beloved Country Presents A Sublime Moral Spectacle To The World.

Under The Blessings Of Divine Providence... It Becomes Us, In Humility, To Make Our Devout Acknowledgments To The Supreme Ruler Of The Universe, For The Inestimable Civil And Religious Blessings With Which We Are Favored.

Minorities Have A Right To Appeal To The Constitution As A Shield Against Such Oppression.

One Great Object Of The Constitution Was To Restrain Majorities From Oppressing Minorities Or Encroaching Upon Their Just Rights.

Although In Our Country The Chief Magistrate Must Almost Of Necessity Be Chosen By A Party And Stand Pledged To Its Principles And Measures, Yet In His Official Action He Should Not Be The President Of A Part Only, But Of The Whole People Of The United States.