'tis Done. We Have Become A Nation.

[w]here There Is No Law, There Is No Liberty; And Nothing Deserves The Name Of Law But That Which Is Certain And Universal In Its Operation Upon All The Members Of The Community.

As The War Office Of The United States Was Established In A Time Of Peace, It Is Equally Reasonable That A Peace Office Should Be Established In A Time Of War.

I Have Always Considered Christianity As The Strong Ground Of Republicanism. The Spirit Is Opposed, Not Only To The Splendor, But Even To The Very Forms Of Monarchy, And Many Of Its Precepts Have For Their Objects Republican Liberty And Equality As Well As Simplicity, Integrity, And Economy In Government. It Is Only Necessary For Republicanism To Ally Itself To The Christian Religion To Overturn All The Corrupted Political And Religious Institutions Of The World.

The Bible, When Not Read In Schools, Is Seldom Read In Any Subsequent Period Of Life...the Bible...should Be Read In Our Schools In Preference To All Other Books Because It Contains The Greatest Portion Of That Kind Of Knowledge Which Is Calculated To Produce Private And Public Happiness.

I Anticipate The Day When To Command Respect In The Remotest Regions It Will Be Sufficient To Say I Am An American.