Life Is A Problem; Mortal Man Was

The Experience Of All Former Ages Had Shown That Of All Human Governments, Democracy Was The Most Unstable, Fluctuating And Short-lived.

The Highest Glory Of The American Revolution Was This: It Connected In One Indissoluble Bond The Principles Of Civil Government With The Principles Of Christianity.

Among The Sentiments Of Most Powerful Operation Upon The Human Heart, And Most Highly Honorable To The Human Character, Are Those Of Veneration For Our Forefathers And Of Love For Our Posterity.

There Still Remains One Effort Of Magnanimity, One Sacrifice Of Prejudice And Passion, To Be Made By The Individuals Throughout The Nation Who Have Heretofore Followed The Standards Of Political Party. It Is That Of Discarding Every Remnant Of Rancor Against Each Other, Of Embracing As Countrymen And Friends, And Of Yielding To Talents And Virtue Alone That Confidence Which In Times Of Contention For Principle Was Bestowed Only Upon Those Who Bore The Badge Of Party Communion.

America, With The Same Voice Which Spoke Herself Into Existence As A Nation, Proclaimed To Mankind The Inextinguishable Rights Of Human Nature, And The Only Lawful Foundations Of Government.