The chains of military despotism, once fastened upon a nation, ages might pass away before they could be shaken off.

The plea of necessity, that eternal argument of all conspirators.

The people are the best guardians of their own rights and it is the duty of their executive to abstain from interfering in or thwarting the sacred exercise of the lawmaking functions of their government.

Conscience, that vicegerent of God in the human heart, whose "still small voice" the loudest revelry cannot drown.

Sound morals, religious liberty, and a just sense of religious responsibility are essentially connected with all true and lasting happiness.

Times change, and we change with them.

The chains of military despotism, once fastened upon a nation, ages might pass away before they could be shaken off.