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

Let no man thirst for good beer.

It is therefore recommended... to set apart Thursday the eighteenth day of December next, for solemn thanksgiving and praise, that with one heart and one voice the good people may express the grateful feelings of their hearts and consecrate themselves to the service of their divine benefactor.

Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!

The eyes of mankind will be upon you to see whether the Government, which is now more popular than it has been for many years past, will be productive of more virtue moral and political. We may look up to Armies for our Defense, but Virtue is our best Security. It is not possible that any State should long remain free, where Virtue is not supremely honored.

The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance.

What a man has honestly acquired is absolutely his own, which he may freely give, but cannot be taken from him without his consent.