That Slow Poison [slavery] Is Daily Contaminating

If I Can Only Live To See The American Union Firmly Fixed, And Free Governments Well Established In Our Western World, And Can Leave To My Children But A Crust Of Bread And Liberty, I Shall Die Satisfied.

Is It To Be Expected That The Southern States Will Deliver Themselves Bound Hand And Foot To The Eastern States? A Few Rich Merchants In Philadelphia, Boston, And New York Could Thereby Monopolise The Staples Of The Southern States And Reduce Their Value.

Government Is, Or Ought To Be Instituted For The Common Benefit, Protection, And Security Of The People, Nation, Or Community; Of All The Various Modes And Forms Of Government, That Is Best Which Is Capable Of Producing The Greatest Degree Of Happiness And Safety, And Is Most Effectually Secured Against The Danger Of Maladministration.

Every Selfish Motive Therefore, Every Family Attachment, Ought To Recommend Such A System Of Policy As Would Provide No Less Carefully For The Rights And Happiness Of The Lowest Than Of The Highest Orders Of Citizens.

We Will Not Submit To Have Our Own Money Taken Out Of Our Pockets Without Our Consent; Because If Any Man Or Any Set Of Men Take From Us Without Our Consent Or That Of Our Representatives One Shilling In The Pound We Have Not Security For The Remaining Nineteen. We Owe To Our Mother Country The Duty Of Subjects But Will Not Pay Her The Submission Of Slaves.