The Laws Of Nature Are The Laws

All Men Have An Equal, Natural And Unalienable Right To The Free Exercise Of Religion, According To The Dictates Of Conscience; And That No Particular Sect Or Society Of Christians Ought To Be Favored Or Established By Law In Preference To Others.

Who Are The Militia? They Consist Now Of The Whole People, Except A Few Public Officers. But I Cannot Say Who Will Be The Militia Of The Future Day. If That Paper On The Table [the Constitution] Gets No Alteration, The Militia Of The Future Day May Not Consist Of All Classes, High And Low, And Rich And Poor.

I Have Been For Some Time In Retirement, And Shall Not Probably Return Again To Public Life; Yet My Anxiety For My Country, In These Times Of Danger, Makes Me Sometimes Dabble A Little In Politicks, And Keep Up A Correspondence With Some Men Upon The Public Stage.

Is It To Be Expected That The Southern States Will Deliver Themselves Bound Hand And Foot To The Eastern States? A Few Rich Merchants In Philadelphia, Boston, And New York Could Thereby Monopolise The Staples Of The Southern States And Reduce Their Value.

Habituated From Our Infancy To Trample Upon The Rights Of Human Nature, Every Generous, Every Liberal Sentiment, If Not Extinguished, Is Enfeebled In Our Minds.