“I mean ... to let you know how deeply I am impressed with a sense of the importance of Amendments; that the good people may clearly see the distinction - for there is a distinction - between the federal powers vested in Congress and the sovereign authority belonging to the several States, which is the Palladium [the protection] of the private and personal rights of the citizens.” PeopleKnowsMayMeanStatesKnow HowRightsCitizensAuthorityImportanceCongressProtectionDistinctionBelongingGood PeopleAmendmentsImpressedSovereignPersonal Rights Author:Samuel
“As piety, religion and morality have a happy influence on the minds of men, in their public as well as private transactions, you will not think it unseasonable, although I have frequently done it, to bring to your remembrance the great importance of encouraging our University, town schools, and other seminaries of education, that our children and youth while they are engaged in the pursuit of useful science, may have their minds impressed with a strong sense of the duties they owe to their God.” ThinkingMenMindWellsMayChildrenDoneSchoolStrongInfluenceYouthDutyMoralityImportanceTownsOur ChildrenUniversityPursuitEngagedImpressedRemembrancePietyTransactions Author:Samuel