Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

Without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive.

We have abundant reason to rejoice that in this Land the light of truth and reason has triumphed over the power of bigotry and superstition, and that every person may here worship God according to the dictates of his own heart. In this enlightened Age and in this Land of equal liberty it is our boast, that a man's religious tenets will not forfeit the protection of the Laws, nor deprive him of the right of attaining and holding the highest Offices that are known in the United States.

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?

It is an old adage that honesty is the best policy-this applies to public as well as private life-to States as well as individuals.

It is one of the evils of democratical governments, that the people, not always seeing and frequently misled, must often feel before they can act.

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.