If It Was Wise, Manly, And Patriotic

If We Look To The History Of Other Nations, Ancient Or Modern, We Find No Example Of A Growth So Rapid, So Gigantic, Of A People So Prosperous And Happy.

[in A Republic,] It Is Not The People Themselves Who Make The Decisions, But The People They Themselves Choose To Stand In Their Places.

Peace Is The Best Time For Improvement And Preparation Of Every Kind; It Is In Peace That Our Commerce Flourishes Most, That Taxes Are Most Easily Paid, And That The Revenue Is Most Productive.

The Crime Of Ingratitude Has Not Yet Stained, And I Trust Never Will Stain, Our National Character. You Are Considered By Them As Not Only Having Rendered Important Service In Our Own Revolution, But As Being, On A More Extended Scale, The Friend Of Human Rights, And Able Advocate Of Public Liberty. To The Welfare Of Thomas Paine, The Americas Are Not, Nor Can They Be, Indifferent.

If It Was Wise, Manly, And Patriotic For Us To Establish A Free Government, It Is Equally Wise To Attend To The Necessary Means Of Its Preservation.