All Might Be Free If They Valued

Our Contest Is Not Only Whether We Ourselves Shall Be Free, But Whether There Shall Be Left To Mankind An Asylum On Earth For Civil And Religious Liberty.

'revelation Assures Us That 'righteousness Exalteth A Nation.' Communities Are Dealt With In This World By The Wise And Just Ruler Of The Universe. He Rewards Or Punishes Them According To Their General Character. The Diminution Of Public Virtue Is Usually Attended With That Of Public Happiness, And The Public Liberty Will Not Long Survive The Total Extinction Of Morals.

Let Us Consider, Brethren, We Are Struggling For Our Best Birthrights And Inheritance, Which Being Infringed, Renders All Our Blessings Precarious In Their Enjoyments, And, Consequently Triffling In Their Value. Let Us Disappoint The Men Who Are Raising Themselves On The Ruin Of This Country. Let Us Convince Every Invader Of Our Freedom, That We Will Be As Free As The Constitution Our Fathers Recognized, Will Justify.

Principally, And First Of All, I Resign My Soul To The Almighty Being Who Gave It, And My Body I Commit To The Dust, Relying On The Merits Of Jesus Christ For The Pardon Of My Sins.

One Battle Would Do More Towards A Declaration Of Independence Than A Long Chain Of Conclusive Arguments In A Provincial Convention Or The Continental Congress.