But There Are Some Persons

For No People Will Tamely Surrender Their Liberties, Nor Can They Easily Be Subdued, Where Knowledge Is Diffusd And Virtue Preservd . On The Contrary, When People Are Universally Ignorant And Debauched In Their Manners, They Will Sink Under Their Own Weight, Without The Aid Of Foreign Invaders.

And If We Now Cast Our Eyes Over The Nations Of The Earth, We Shall Find That, Instead Of Possessing The Pure Religion Of The Gospel, They May Be Divided Either Into Infidels, Who Deny The Truth; Or Politicians Who Make Religion A Stalking Horse For Their Ambition; Or Professors, Who Walk In The Trammels Of Orthodoxy, And Are More Attentive To Traditions And Ordinances Of Men Than To The Oracles Of Truth.

What Has Commonly Been Called Rebellion Has More Often Been Nothing But A Manly And Glorious Struggle In Opposition To The Lawless Power Of Rebellious Kings And Princes.

May Every Citizen ... Have A Proper Sense Of The Deity Upon His Mind And An Impression Of The Declaration Recorded In The Bible, 'him That Honoreth Me I Will Honor, But He That Despiseth Me Shall Be Lightly Esteemed.'

He Therefore Is The Truest Friend To The Liberty Of His Country Who Tries Most To Promote Its Virtue, And Who, So Far As His Power And Influence Extend, Will Not Suffer A Man To Be Chosen Into Any Office Of Power And Trust Who Is Not A Wise And Virtuous Man.