[The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln by Francis Fisher Browne]@TWC D-Link bookThe Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln CHAPTER III 20/26
Here, then, is one point at which danger may be expected.
The question recurs, How shall we fortify against it? The answer is simple.
Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well-wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution, never to violate in the least particular the laws of the country, and never to tolerate their violation by others.
As the patriots of 'seventy-six' did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and the Laws let every American pledge his life, his property, and his sacred honor; let every man remember that to violate the law is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the charter of his own and his children's liberty.
Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap. Let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges.
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