Those Who Take Oaths To

A Man's Diary Is A Record In Youth Of His Sentiments, In Middle Age Of His Actions, In Old Age Of His Reflections.

Wherever The Standard Of Freedom And Independence Has Been Or Shall Be Unfurled, There Will Be America's Heart, Her Benedictions And Her Prayers.

The Barbarian Chieftain, Who Defended His Country Against The Roman Invasion, Driven To The Remotest Extremity Of Britain, And Stimulating His Followers To Battle, By All That Has Power Of Persuasion Upon The Human Heart, Concludes His Exhortation By An Appeal To These Irresistible Feelings - "think Of Your Forefathers And Of Your Posterity."

It Is Essential..that You Should Form And Adopt Certain Rules Or Principles, For The Government Of Your Own Conduct And Temper. Unless You Have Such Rules And Principles, There Will Be Numberless Occasions On Which You Will Have No Guide For Your Government But Your Passions..it Is In The Bible, You Must Learn Them, And From The Bible How To Practice Them.

The Constitution Had Provided That All The Public Functionaries Of The Union...should Be Under Oath Or Affirmation For Its Support. The Homage Of Religious Faith Was Thus Superadded To All The Obligations Of Temporal Law To Give It Strength.