History has shown that at least one-half of every century is consumed in war.

If America wants concessions, she must fight for them. We must purchase our power with our blood.

The earth was given to mankind to support the greatest number of which it is capable, and no tribe or people have a right to withhold from the wants of others more than is necessary for their own support and comfort.

The emigrants although of different parties and different religious sects all flew from persecution in pursuit of liberty.

To impose taxes when the public exigencies require them is an obligation of the most sacred character, especially with a free people.

National honor is national property of the highest value.

It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising the sovereignty. Usurpation is then an easy attainment, and a usurper soon found. The people themselves become the willing instruments of their own debasement and ruin. Let us, then, look to the great cause, and endeavor to preserve it in full force. Let us by all wise and constitutional measures promote intelligence among the people as the best means of preserving our liberties.