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I Propose . . . . The Conformity Of The Proposed Constitution To The True Principles Of Republican Government.

Every Nation Ought To Have A Right To Provide For Its Own Happiness.

[a] Power Equal To Every Possible Contingency Must Exist Somewhere In The Government . . .

To Watch The Progress Of Such Endeavors Is The Office Of A Free Press. To Give Us Early Alarm And Put Us On Our Guard Against Encroachments Of Power. This Then Is A Right Of Utmost Importance, One For Which, Instead Of Yielding It Up, We Ought Rather To Spill Our Blood.

The Passions Of A Revolution Are Apt To Hurry Even Good Men Into Excesses.