To persevere in one's duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny

Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment.

Went to church and fasted all day.

It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free Country should inspire caution in those entrusted with its administration, to confine themselves within their respective Constitutional spheres; avoiding in the exercise of the Powers of one department to encroach upon another.

A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government. In a republic, what species of knowledge can be equally important? And what duty more pressing than communicating it to those who are to be the future guardians of the liberties of the country?

The executive branch of this government never has, nor will suffer, while I preside, any improper conduct of its officers to escape with impunity.

If we are wise, let us prepare for the worst.