Religion, Charity, Pure Benevolence, And Morals, Mingled

From The Day Of The Declaration...they (the American People) Were Bound By The Laws Of God, Which They All, And By The Laws Of The Gospel, Which They Nearly All, Acknowledge As The Rules Of Their Conduct.

Whether To The Nation Or To The State, No Service Can Be Or Ever Will Be Rendered By A More Able Or A More Faithful Public Servant.

I Want A Warm And Faithful Friend, To Cheer The Adverse Hour; Who Ne'er To Flatter Will Descend, Nor Bend The Knee To Power,- A Friend To Chide Me When I'm Wrong, My Inmost Soul To See; And That My Friendship Prove As Strong For Him As His For Me.

The Manners Of Women Are The Surest Criterion By Which To Determine Whether A Republican Government Is Practicable In A Nation Or Not.

I Do Conscientiously And Sincerely Believe That The Order Of Freemasonry, If Not The Greatest, Is One Of The Greatest Moral And Political Evils Under Which The Union Is Now Laboring ... A Conspiracy Of The Few Against The Equal Rights Of The Many ...masonry Ought Forever To Be Abolished. It Is Wrong - Essentially Wrong - A Seed Of Evil, Which Can Never Produce Any Good.