Hearken not to the voice which petulantly tells you that the form of government recommended for your adoption is a novelty in the political world.
that it has never yet had a place in the theories of the wildest projectors
that it rashly attempts what it is impossible to accomplish.
No, my countrymen, shut your ears against this unhallowed language.
Shut your hearts against the poison which it conveys;
the kindred blood which flows in the veins of American citizens,
the mingled blood which they have shed in defense of their sacred rights,
consecrate their Union,
and excite horror at the idea of their becoming aliens, rivals, enemies.
And if novelties are to be shunned, believe me, the most alarming of all novelties,
the most wild of all projects, the most rash of all attempts, is that of rendering us in pieces,
in order to preserve our liberties and promote our happiness."
