Among many other weighty objections to the Measure, it has been suggested, that it has a tendency to introduce religious disputes into the Army, which above all things should be avoided, and in many instances would compel men to a mode of Worship which they do not profess.

I heard the bullets whistle-- and believe me, there is something charming in the sound.

Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country. - March 15, 1783

We had quitters during the Revolution too...we called them 'Kentuckians.'

The Army (considering the irritable state it is in, its suffering and composition) is a dangerous instrument to play with.

The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respectable Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all Nations And Religions; whom we shall wellcome to a participation of all our rights and previleges...

Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that thou wilt keep the United States in thy holy protection.