The Constitution Be Never Construed To Authorize

Could I Be Assured That America Would Remain Virtuous, I Would Venture To Defy The Utmost Efforts Of Enemies To Subjugate Her.

He Who Made All Men Hath Made The Truths Necessary To Human Happiness Obvious To All. Our Forefathers Opened The Bible To All.

Let Divines And Philosophers, Statesmen And Patriots, Unite Their Endeavors To Renovate The Age By Impressing The Minds Of Men With The Importance Of Educating Their Little Boys And Girls, Inculcating In The Minds Of Youth The Fear And Love Of The Deity... And Leading Them In The Study And Practice Of The Exalted Virtues Of The Christian System.

In A State Of Tranquility, Wealth, And Luxury, Our Descendants Would Forget The Arts Of War And The Noble Activity And Zeal Which Made Their Ancestors Invincible. Every Art Of Corruption Would Be Employed To Loosen The Bond Of Union Which Renders Our Resistance Formidable. When The Spirit Of Liberty Which Now Animates Our Hearts And Gives Success To Our Arms Is Extinct, Our Numbers Will Accelerate Our Ruin And Render Us Easier Victims To Tyranny.

Nothing Is More Essential To The Establishment Of Manners In A State Than That All Persons Employed In Places Of Power And Trust Must Be Men Of Unexceptionable Characters.