"1. The United States—'free, sovereign & independent.'
"2. The people and the Government—'one and indivisible.'
"3. The President—'some other hand must be found to sign the ignominious deed' that would surrender the sovereignty of his Country.
"4. General Washington—'His name a rampart & the Knowledge that he lives a bulwark against mean and secret enemies of his Country's Peace.'
"5. General Pinckney. ''Tis not in mortals to command success: He has done more—deserved it.'
"6. The Officers & Soldiers of the American Army. 'May glory be their Theme, Victory their Companion, & Gratitude & Love their Rewards.'
"7. The Navy of the United States. 'May its infant efforts, like those of Hercules, be the Presage of its future Greatness.'
"8. The Militia. 'May they never cease to combine the Valor of the Soldier with the Virtues of the Citizen.'
"9. The Gallant Youth of America. 'May they disdain to hold as Tenants at Will, the Independence inherited from their ancestors.'
"10. The Heroes who fell in the Revolutionary War. 'May their memory never be dishonored by a surrender of the Freedom purchased with their Blood.'