Every Selfish Motive Therefore, Every Family Attachment,

I Ask, Sir, What Is The Militia? It Is The Whole People Except For A Few Public Officials.

No Free Government, Or The Blessings Of Liberty, Can Be Preserved To Any People, But By A Firm Adherence To Justice, Moderation, Temperance, Frugality, And Virtue.

Every Society, All Government, And Every Kind Of Civil Compact Therefore, Is Or Ought To Be, Calculated For The General Good And Safety Of The Community.

We Will Not Submit To Have Our Own Money Taken Out Of Our Pockets Without Our Consent; Because If Any Man Or Any Set Of Men Take From Us Without Our Consent Or That Of Our Representatives One Shilling In The Pound We Have Not Security For The Remaining Nineteen. We Owe To Our Mother Country The Duty Of Subjects But Will Not Pay Her The Submission Of Slaves.

I Determined To Spend The Remainder Of My Days In Privacy And Retirement With My Children, From Whose Society Alone I Cou'd Expect Comfort.