We Are Now To Rank Among The

Considering The Natural Lust For Power So Inherent In Man, I Fear The Thirst Of Power Will Prevail To Oppress The People.

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.

Who Are The Militia? They Consist Now Of The Whole People, Except A Few Public Officers. But I Cannot Say Who Will Be The Militia Of The Future Day. If That Paper On The Table [the Constitution] Gets No Alteration, The Militia Of The Future Day May Not Consist Of All Classes, High And Low, And Rich And Poor.

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.

No Free Government, Or The Blessings Of Liberty, Can Be Preserved To Any People, But By A Firm Adherence To Justice, Moderation, Temperance, Frugality, And Virtue.