In A Representative Republic, The

Preparation For War Is A Constant Stimulus To Suspicion And Ill Will.

I Enter On The Trust To Which I Have Been Called By The Suffrages Of My Fellow-citizens With My Fervent Prayers To The Almighty That He Will Be Graciously Pleased To Continue To Us That Protection Which He Has Already So Conspicuously Displayed In Our Favor.

If It Was Wise, Manly, And Patriotic For Us To Establish A Free Government, It Is Equally Wise To Attend To The Necessary Means Of Its Preservation.

From Several Of The Indian Tribes Inhabiting The Country Bordering On Lake Erie Purchases Have Been Made Of Lands On Conditions Very Favorable To The United States, And, As It Is Presumed, Not Less So To The Tribes Themselves.

Republics Demanded Virtue. Monarchies Could Rely On Coercion And "dazzling Splendor" To Suppress Self-interest Or Factions; Republics Relied On The Goodness Of The People To Put Aside Private Interest For Public Good. The Imperatives Of Virtue Attached All Sorts Of Desiderata To The Republican Citizen: Simplicity, Frugality, Sobriety, Simple Manners, Christian Benevolence, Duty To The Polity. Republics Called On Other Virtues--spiritedness, Courage--to Protect The Polity From External Threats. Tyrants Kept Standing Armies; Republics Relied On Free Yeomen, Defending Their Own Land.