George Washington: “It is a fact declared by the General Convention and universally understood that the Constitution of the United States…”

To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.

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.

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