We Owe To Our Mother-country The Duty

Our All Is At Stake, And The Little Conveniencys And Comforts Of Life, When Set In Competition With Our Liberty, Ought To Be Rejected Not With Reluctance But With Pleasure.

Slavery Discourages Arts And Manufactures.

Government Is, Or Ought To Be Instituted For The Common Benefit, Protection, And Security Of The People, Nation, Or Community; Of All The Various Modes And Forms Of Government, That Is Best Which Is Capable Of Producing The Greatest Degree Of Happiness And Safety, And Is Most Effectually Secured Against The Danger Of Maladministration.

The Laws Of Nature Are The Laws Of God, Whose Authority Can Be Superseded By No Power On Earth. A Legislature Must Not Obstruct Our Obedience To Him From Whose Punishment They Cannot Protect Us. All Human Constitutions Which Contradict His Laws, We Are In Conscience Bound To Disobey.

That No Man, Or Set Of Men, Are Entitled To Exclusive Or Separate Emoluments Or Privileges From The Community, But In Consideration Of Public Services; Which, Not Being Descendible, Neither Ought The Offices Of Magistrate, Legislator, Or Judge To Be Hereditary.