No People Can Be Both

I Hold The Precepts Of Jesus As Delivered By Himself, To Be The Most Pure, Benevolent And Sublime Which Have Ever Been Preached To Man.

The People, Especially When Moderately Instructed, Are The Only Safe, Because The Only Honest, Depositaries Of The Public Rights, And Should Therefore Be Introduced Into The Administration Of Them In Every Function To Which They Are Sufficient; They Will Err Sometimes And Accidentally, But Never Designedly, And With A Systematic And Persevering Purpose Of Overthrowing The Free Principles Of The Government.

The Opinions And Beliefs Of Men Follow Involuntarily The Evidence Proposed To Their Minds.

Do Not Be Too Severe Upon The Errors Of The People, But Reclaim Them By Enlightening Them.

Were We Directed From Washington When To Sow And When To Reap, We Should Soon Want Bread.