Edmund Burke: “At that time Europe had not emerged out of barbarism, yet this great natural bond of society was extremely weak.”

Let us imitate their caution, if we wish to deserve their fortune or to retain their bequests.

Our people will find employment enough for a truly patriotic, free, and independent spirit, in guarding what they possess from violation.

But when the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service.

Let us add, if we please, but let us preserve what they have left; and standing on the firm ground of the British Constitution, let us be satisfied to admire, rather than attempt to follow in their desperate flights, the aëronauts of…