Men of Virginia, countrymen of Washington, of Patrick Henry, of Jefferson, and of Madison, will ye be true to your constitutional faith?
Here, again, as I conceive, gentlemen forget that this government is a republican one, resting exclusively in the intelligence and virtue of the People.
We are laying the foundations of a government, which we hope may outlast the Pyramids.
Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers.