Whether this will prove a blessing or a curse, will depend upon the use our people will make of the blessings which a gracious God hath bestowed on us. If they are wise, they will be great and happy. If they are of a contrary character, they will be miserable. Righteousness alone can exalt them as a nation. Reader! Whoever thou art, remember this: and in thy sphere practice virtue thyself, an encourage it in others.

We should transmit to posterity our abhorrence of slavery.

Away with your president! We shall have a king... the army will salute him as monarch; your militia will leave you and assist in making him king and fight against you. And what have you to oppose this force? What will then become of you and your rights?

The King has degenerated into a tyrant and forfeits all rights to his subjects' obedience.

Jealousy is the only vice that gives no pleasure

I believe a time will come when an opportunity will be offered to abolish this lamentable evil.

The militia is our ultimate safety. We can have no security without it. The great object is that every man be armed.