Our Constitution Rests On The Good Sense

From The Experience Of The Past We Derive Instructive Lessons For The Future.

There Still Remains One Effort Of Magnanimity, One Sacrifice Of Prejudice And Passion, To Be Made By The Individuals Throughout The Nation Who Have Heretofore Followed The Standards Of Political Party. It Is That Of Discarding Every Remnant Of Rancor Against Each Other, Of Embracing As Countrymen And Friends, And Of Yielding To Talents And Virtue Alone That Confidence Which In Times Of Contention For Principle Was Bestowed Only Upon Those Who Bore The Badge Of Party Communion.

Of The Two Great Political Parties Which Have Divided The Opinions And Feelings Of Our Country, The Candid And The Just Will Now Admit That Both Have Contributed Splendid Talents, Spotless Integrity, Ardent Patriotism, And Disinterested Sacrifices To The Formation And Administration Of This Government, And That Both Have Required A Liberal Indulgence For A Portion Of Human Infirmity And Error.

A Gentleman Of One Of The First Fortunes Upon The Continent...sacrificing His Ease, And Hazarding All In The Cause Of His Country.

Those Who Take Oaths To Politically Powerful Secret Societies Cannot Be Depended On For Loyalty To A Democratic Republic.