Each State Enjoys Sovereign Power.

Religion Is The Only Solid Base Of Morals And That Morals Are The Only Possible Support Of Free Governments.

Nine-tenths Of The People Are At Present Freeholders... The Time Is Not Distant When This Country Will Abound With Mechanics And Manufacturers Who Will Receive Their Bread From Their Employers. Will Such Men Be The Secure And Faithful Guardians Of Liberty? Give The Votes To People Who Have No Property, And They Will Sell Them To The Rich Who Will Be Able To Buy Them.

[f]or Avoiding The Extremes Of Despotism Or Anarchy . . . The Only Ground Of Hope Must Be On The Morals Of The People. I Believe That Religion Is The Only Solid Base Of Morals And That Morals Are The Only Possible Support Of Free Governments. [t]herefore Education Should Teach The Precepts Of Religion And The Duties Of Man Towards God.

Religion Is The Only Solid Basis Of Good Morals; Therefore Education Should Teach The Precepts Of Religion, And The Duties Of Man Toward God. These Duties Are, Internally, Love And Adoration: Externally, Devotion And Obedience; Therefore Provision Should Be Made For Maintaining Divine Worship As Well As Education. But Each One Has A Right To Entire Liberty As To Religious Opinions, For Religion Is The Relation Between God And Man; Therefore It Is Not Within The Reach Of Human Authority.

In Adopting The Republican Form Of Government, I Not Only Took It As A Man Does His Wife, For Better, For Worse, But, What Few Men Do With Their Wives, I Took It Knowing All Its Bad Qualities.