I could not sleep when I got on such a hunt for an idea until I had caught it; ...This was a kind of passion with me, and it has stuck by me; for I am never easy now, when I am handling a thought, till I have bounded it north, and bounded it south, and bounded it east, and bounded it west.

The sense of obligation to continue is present in all of us. A duty to strive is the duty of us all. I felt a call to that duty.

We must ask where we are and whither we are tending.

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

May our children and our children's children to a thousand generations, continue to enjoy the benefits conferred upon us by a united country, and have cause yet to rejoice under those glorious institutions bequeathed us by Washington and his compeers.

Our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in our bosoms.

Fondly do we hope, ferverently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.