Epigraph
“Th’ applause of list’ning senates to command;
The threats of pain and ruin to despise;
To scatter plenty o’er a smiling land,
And read his history in a Nation’s eyes.”
Dedication
DEDICATED
TO THE
Sons and Daughters of Liberty Everywhere
KNOWING
THAT ALL WHO ASPIRE AFTER INTELLIGENT FREEDOM SHALL FIND THE WATCHWORD OF WASHINGTON THE SOLDIER—“FOR THE SAKE OF GOD AND COUNTRY”
—THEIR LOFTIEST INCENTIVE.