I Ask, Sir, What Is The Militia?

I Retired From Public Business From A Thorough Conviction That It Was Not In My Power To Do Any Good, And Very Much Disgusted With Measures, Which Appeared To Me Inconsistent With Common Policy And Justice.

No Free Government, Or The Blessings Of Liberty, Can Be Preserved To Any People, But By A Firm Adherence To Justice, Moderation, Temperance, Frugality, And Virtue.

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.

We Owe To Our Mother-country The Duty Of Subjects But Will Not Pay Her The Submission Of Slaves.

The Epithets Of Parent And Child Have Been Long Applied To Great Britain And Her Colonies, [but] We Rarely See Anything From Your Side Of The Water Except The Authoritative Style Of A Master To A School-boy.