I Thank God, I Have Been Able,

That In Controversies Respecting Property, And In Suits Between Man And Man, The Ancient Trial By Jury Is Preferable To Any Other, And Ought To Be Held Sacred.

Our All Is At Stake, And The Little Conveniencys And Comforts Of Life, When Set In Competition With Our Liberty, Ought To Be Rejected Not With Reluctance But With Pleasure.

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.

Taught To Regard A Part Of Our Own Species In The Most Abject And Contemptible Degree Below Us, We Lose That Idea Of The Dignity Of Man Which The Hand Of Nature Had Implanted In Us, For Great And Useful Purposes.

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.