The hour is fast approaching, on which the honor and success of this army and the safety of our bleeding country depend. Remember officers and soldiers that you are free men, fighting for the blessings of liberty.
Motivating the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
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I can not express how greatly affected I am at this new proof of public confidence.
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.
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.
True patriotism is not just a feeling but a commitment to the well-being of our country.
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