Before the formation of this Constitution it had been affirmed as a self evident truth, in the Declaration of Independence, very deliberately made by the Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled that 'all men are created equal, and are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights' This declaration of Independence was received and ratified by all the States in the Union & has never been disannuled. May we not from hence conclude, that the doctrine of Liberty and Equality is an article in the political creed of the United States.

Our union is now complete; our constitution composed, established, and approved. You are now the guardians of your own liberties.

He who made all men hath made the truths necessary to human happiness obvious to all. Our forefathers opened the Bible to all.

Principally, and first of all, I resign my soul to the Almighty Being who gave it, and my body I commit to the dust, relying on the merits of Jesus Christ for the pardon of my sins.

If virtue & knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enslav'd. This will be their great security.

The utopian schemes of leveling and a community of goods, are as visionary and impractical as those which vest all property in the crown. These ideas are arbitrary, despotic, and, in our government unconstitutional.

The sum of all is, if we would most truly enjoy this gift of Heaven, let us become a virtuous people.