The Highest Glory Of The American Revolution

Our Political Way Of Life Is By The Laws Of Nature And Of Nature's God, And Of Course Presupposes The Existence Of God, The Moral Ruler Of The Universe, And A Rule Of Right And Wrong, Of Just And Unjust, Binding Upon Man, Preceding All Institutions Of Human Society And Government.

Who But Shall Learn That Freedom Is The Prize Man Still Is Bound To Rescue Or Maintain; That Nature's God Commands The Slave To Rise, And On The Oppressor's Head To Break The Chain. Roll, Years Of Promise, Rapidly Roll Round, Till Not A Slave Shall On This Earth By Found.

I Want A Warm And Faithful Friend, To Cheer The Adverse Hour; Who Ne'er To Flatter Will Descend, Nor Bend The Knee To Power,- A Friend To Chide Me When I'm Wrong, My Inmost Soul To See; And That My Friendship Prove As Strong For Him As His For Me.

The Law Given From Sinai Was A Civil And Municipal As Well As A Moral And Religious Code; It Contained Many Statutes . . . Of Universal Application-laws Essential To The Existence Of Men In Society, And Most Of Which Have Been Enacted By Every Nation Which Ever Professed Any Code Of Laws.

The Inconsistency Of The Institution Of Domestic Slavery With The Principles Of The Declaration Of Independence Was Seen And Lamented . . . No Insincerity Or Hypocrisy Can Be Fairly Laid To Their Charge. Never From Their Lips Was Heard One Syllable Of Attempt To Justify The Institution Of Slavery. They Universally Considered It As A Reproach Fastened Upon Them By The Unnatural Step-mother Country And They Saw That Before The Principles Of The Declaration Of Independence Slavery, In Common With Every Other Mode Of Oppression, Was Destined Sooner Or Later To Be Banished From The Earth.