National Honor Is National Property Of The

National Honor Is National Property Of The Highest Value.

Republics Demanded Virtue. Monarchies Could Rely On Coercion And "dazzling Splendor" To Suppress Self-interest Or Factions; Republics Relied On The Goodness Of The People To Put Aside Private Interest For Public Good. The Imperatives Of Virtue Attached All Sorts Of Desiderata To The Republican Citizen: Simplicity, Frugality, Sobriety, Simple Manners, Christian Benevolence, Duty To The Polity. Republics Called On Other Virtues--spiritedness, Courage--to Protect The Polity From External Threats. Tyrants Kept Standing Armies; Republics Relied On Free Yeomen, Defending Their Own Land.

The Emigrants Although Of Different Parties And Different Religious Sects All Flew From Persecution In Pursuit Of Liberty.

The Great Increase Of Our Population Throughout The Union Will Alone Produce An Important Effect, And In No Quarter Will It Be So Sensibly Felt As In Those In Contemplation.

There Is Every Reason To Believe That Our System Will Soon Attain The Highest Degree Of Perfection Of Which Human Institutions Are Capable.