George Washington: “Congress will perceive the necessity of making a suitable provision for the maintenance of prisoners committed to the…”

It is with peculiar satisfaction I can say, that prompted by a high sense of duty in my attendance on public worship, I have been gratified by the liberal and interesting discourses delivered in your Churches.

Satisfied, therefore, that you have sincerely wished and endeavored to avert war, and exhausted to the last drop the cup of reconciliation, we can with pure hearts appeal to Heaven for the justice of our cause.

A good government must be founded on the principle of justice and liberty for all its citizens.

An educated citizenry is a vital requisite for our survival as a free people.