I Regret That I Should Leave This

If America Wants Concessions, She Must Fight For Them. We Must Purchase Our Power With Our Blood.

The Crime Of Ingratitude Has Not Yet Stained, And I Trust Never Will Stain, Our National Character. You Are Considered By Them As Not Only Having Rendered Important Service In Our Own Revolution, But As Being, On A More Extended Scale, The Friend Of Human Rights, And Able Advocate Of Public Liberty. To The Welfare Of Thomas Paine, The Americas Are Not, Nor Can They Be, Indifferent.

I Enter On The Trust To Which I Have Been Called By The Suffrages Of My Fellow-citizens With My Fervent Prayers To The Almighty That He Will Be Graciously Pleased To Continue To Us That Protection Which He Has Already So Conspicuously Displayed In Our Favor.

By The Last Returns To The Department Of War The Militia Force Of The Several States May Be Estimated At 800,000 Men - Infantry, Artillery, And Cavalry.

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