William Seward: “I have done only my duty; and I shall do it again under the same circumstances, even though they recur to-morrow.”

By the blessing of the Author of those rights, they have prevailed over all opposition, and form the basis of thirteen independent States.

Stoicism, that had no charity for error, never converted any human society to virtue; Christianity, that remembers the true nature of man, has encompassed a large portion of the globe.

But power, confessedly derived from the people, must be exercised in obedience to their will, and must be resigned to them again, at least in death.

It depends not on the zeal and firmness only of the reformers, but on their wisdom and moderation also.