National Honor Is National Property Of The

It Is Only When The People Become Ignorant And Corrupt, When They Degenerate Into A Populace, That They Are Incapable Of Exercising The Sovereignty. Usurpation Is Then An Easy Attainment, And A Usurper Soon Found. The People Themselves Become The Willing Instruments Of Their Own Debasement And Ruin. Let Us, Then, Look To The Great Cause, And Endeavor To Preserve It In Full Force. Let Us By All Wise And Constitutional Measures Promote Intelligence Among The People As The Best Means Of Preserving Our Liberties.

A Free, Virtuous, And Enlightened People Must Know Full Well The Great Principles And Causes Upon Which Their Happiness Depends.

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.

At No Period Of Our Political Existence Had We So Much Cause To Felicitate Ourselves At The Prosperous And Happy Condition Of Our Country.

The Right Of Self-defense Never Ceases. It Is Among The Most Sacred, And Alike Necessary To Nations And To Individuals.