I Regret That I Should Leave This

The Civil War Which Has So Long Prevailed Between Spain And The Provinces In South America Still Continues, Without Any Prospect Of Its Speedy Termination.

The Movements Of A Great Nation Are Connected In All Their Parts. If Errors Have Been Committed They Ought To Be Corrected; If The Policy Is Sound It Ought To Be Supported.

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.

History Has Shown That At Least One-half Of Every Century Is Consumed In War.

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