“The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy.”
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The happy Union of these States is a wonder their Constitution a miracle their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world.
Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, at a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages.
Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.
War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits.