To Disarm The People... Was

To Disarm The People... Was The Best And Most Effectual Way To Enslave Them.

That In All Capital Or Criminal Prosecutions A Man Bath A Right To Demand The Cause And Nature Of His Accusation, To Be Confronted With The Accusers And Witnesses, To Call For Evidence In His Favor, And To A Speedy Trial By An Impartial Jury Of Twelve Men Of His Vicinage, Without Whose Unanimous Consent He Cannot Be Found Guilty; Nor Can He Be Compelled To Give Evidence Against Himself; That No Man Be Deprived Of His Liberty, Except By The Law Of The Land Or The Judgment Of His Peers.

Every Selfish Motive Therefore, Every Family Attachment, Ought To Recommend Such A System Of Policy As Would Provide No Less Carefully For The Rights And Happiness Of The Lowest Than Of The Highest Orders Of Citizens.

We Owe To Our Mother-country The Duty Of Subjects But Will Not Pay Her The Submission Of Slaves.

That The People Have A Right To Uniform Government; And, Therefore, That No Government Separate From, Or Independent Of The Government Of Virginia, Ought To Be Erected Or Established Within The Limits Thereof.