In law it is a good policy to never plead what you need not, lest you oblige yourself to prove what you can not. And, in short, let it become the political religion of the nation and let the old and the young, the rich and the poor, the grave and the gay, of all sexes and tongues, and colors and conditions, sacrifice unceasingly upon its altars. Let reverence for the laws, be breathed by every American mother, to the lisping babe, that prattles on her lap let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges let it be written in Primers, spelling books, and in Almanacs let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice. Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution, never to violate in the least particular, the laws of the country and never to tolerate their violation by others. Let no young man choosing the law for a calling for a moment yield to the popular belief resolve to be honest at all events and if in your own judgment you cannot be an honest lawyer, resolve to be honest without being a lawyer. FebruEulogy of Benjamin Ferguson I believe it is an established maxim in morals that he who makes an assertion without knowing whether it is true or false, is guilty of falsehood and the accidental truth of the assertion, does not justify or excuse him. In very truth he was, the noblest work of God an honest man. I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom. In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all and, to the young, it comes with bitterest agony, because it takes them unawares. So much of promised usefulness to ones country, and of bright hopes for ones self and friends, have rarely been so suddenly dashed, as in his fall.
Hurlbut In the untimely loss of your noble son, our affliction here, is scarcely less than your own. Every advocate of slavery naturally desires to see blasted, and crushed, the liberty promised the black man by the new constitution. In this great struggle, this form of Government and every form of human right is endangered if our enemies succeed.
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ApAddress at Baltimore We have, as all will agree, a free Government, where every man has a right to be equal with every other man.
We all declare for liberty but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing.