Shame On The Men Who Can Court

Every One Knows That The Exercise Of Military Power Is Forever Dangerous To Civil Rights; And We Have Had Recent Instances Of Violences That Have Been Offer'd To Private Subjects.

Were The Talents And Virtues, Which Heaven Has Bestowed On Men, Given Merely To Make Then More Obedient Drudges, To Be Sacrificed To The Follies And Ambition Of A Few? Or, Were Not The Noble Gifts So Equally Dispensed With A Divine Purpose And Law, That They Should As Nearly As Possible Be Equally Exerted, And The Blessings Of Providence Be Equally Enjoyed By All?

Could I Be Assured That America Would Remain Virtuous, I Would Venture To Defy The Utmost Efforts Of Enemies To Subjugate Her.

Let Divines And Philosophers, Statesmen And Patriots, Unite Their Endeavors To Renovate The Age By Impressing The Minds Of Men With The Importance Of Educating Their Little Boys And Girls, Inculcating In The Minds Of Youth The Fear And Love Of The Deity... And Leading Them In The Study And Practice Of The Exalted Virtues Of The Christian System.

Nothing Is More Essential To The Establishment Of Manners In A State Than That All Persons Employed In Places Of Power And Trust Must Be Men Of Unexceptionable Characters.