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The Sum Of All Is, If We Would Most Truly Enjoy The Gift Of Heaven, Let Us Become A Virtuous People; Then Shall We Both Deserve And Enjoy It. While On The Other Hand, If We Are Universally Vicious And Debauched In Our Manners, Though The Form Of Our Constitution Carries The Face Of The Most Exalted Freedom, We Shall In Reality Be The Most Abject Slaves.

Before The Formation Of This Constitution It Had Been Affirmed As A Self Evident Truth, In The Declaration Of Independence, Very Deliberately Made By The Representatives Of The United States Of America In Congress Assembled That 'all Men Are Created Equal, And Are Endowed By Their Creator With Certain Unalienable Rights' This Declaration Of Independence Was Received And Ratified By All The States In The Union & Has Never Been Disannuled. May We Not From Hence Conclude, That The Doctrine Of Liberty And Equality Is An Article In The Political Creed Of The United States.

He Therefore Is The Truest Friend To The Liberty Of His Country Who Tries Most To Promote Its Virtue, And Who, So Far As His Power And Influence Extend, Will Not Suffer A Man To Be Chosen Into Any Office Of Power And Trust Who Is Not A Wise And Virtuous Man.

[m]en Will Be Free No Longer Then While They Remain Virtuous.

Our Contest Is Not Only Whether We Ourselves Shall Be Free, But Whether There Shall Be Left To Mankind An Asylum On Earth For Civil And Religious Liberty.