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It Is Only When The People Become Ignorant And Corrupt, When They Degenerate Into A Populace, That They Are Incapable Of Exercising Their Sovereignty.

The Executive Is Charged Officially In The Departments Under It With The Disbursement Of The Public Money, And Is Responsible For The Faithful Application Of It To The Purposes For Which It Is Raised. The Legislature Is The Watchful Guardian Over The Public Purse. It Is Its Duty To See That The Disbursement Has Been Honestly Made.

During The Darkest Days Of The Revolutionary War, The Continental Congress And George Washington - I Call Him The First George W. - (laughter And Applause) - Urged Citizens To Pray And To Give Thanks And To Ask For God's Protection.

Republics Demanded Virtue. Monarchies Could Rely On Coercion And "dazzling Splendor" To Suppress Self-interest Or Factions; Republics Relied On The Goodness Of The People To Put Aside Private Interest For Public Good. The Imperatives Of Virtue Attached All Sorts Of Desiderata To The Republican Citizen: Simplicity, Frugality, Sobriety, Simple Manners, Christian Benevolence, Duty To The Polity. Republics Called On Other Virtues--spiritedness, Courage--to Protect The Polity From External Threats. Tyrants Kept Standing Armies; Republics Relied On Free Yeomen, Defending Their Own Land.

The Movements Of A Great Nation Are Connected In All Their Parts. If Errors Have Been Committed They Ought To Be Corrected; If The Policy Is Sound It Ought To Be Supported.