"I have always given it as my opinion that no terms should be made with a people who are so lost to every sense of honor and principle as to be capable of such barbarity."

"Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports."

"There is a Destiny which has the control of our actions, not to be resisted by the strongest efforts of Human Nature."

"The unfortunate condition of the persons, whose labour in this Country has hitherto been applied to the culture of the earth, and the various branches of Mechanics, can only be ameliorated by a slow, …"

"I shall rely therefore on that Providence which has hitherto preserved us, and shall feel no dismay at any dangers."