Here, Again, As I Conceive, Gentlemen Forget

The Right Of Petition, I Have Said, Was Not Conferred On The People By The Constitution, But Was A Pre-existing Right, Reserved By The People Out Of The Grants Of Power Made To Congress.

It Is Impossible, In My Mind, To Distinguish Between The Refusal To Receive A Petition, Or Its Summary Rejection By Some General Order, And The Denial Of The Right Of Petition.

Men Of New England, I Hold You To The Doctrines Of Liberty Which Ye Inherit From Your Puritan Forefathers.

Men Of Virginia, Countrymen Of Washington, Of Patrick Henry, Of Jefferson, And Of Madison, Will Ye Be True To Your Constitutional Faith?

We Are Laying The Foundations Of A Government, Which We Hope May Outlast The Pyramids.