Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense?
We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power... the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
If this be treason, make the most of it!
It is a debt we owe to the purity of our religion to show that it is at variance with that law which warrants slavery.
Shall we, who have laid the proud British lion at our feet, now be afraid of his whelps?
This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.
