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Quotation from Hayne's Reply to Webster (Speech on Foot's Resolution) by Robert Y. Hayne
“Sir, I would lay the foundation of this government in the affections of the people—I would teach them to cling to it by dispensing equal justice, and above all, by securing the “blessings of liberty” to “themselves and to their posterity.””
Hayne's Reply to Webster (Speech on Foot's Resolution), Section on the national debt and pecuniary dependence, conclusion (Webster and Hayne's Celebrated Speeches in the United States Senate (1853), Wikisource text)
Against a Union held together by money, Hayne describes the attachment he thinks a free government should seek, quoting the Preamble.
Citation: "Sir, I would lay the foundation of this government in the affections of the people—I would teach them to cling to it by dispensing equal justice, and above all, by securing the “blessings of liberty” to “themselves and to their posterity.”" — Robert Y. Hayne, Hayne's Reply to Webster (Speech on Foot's Resolution), Section on the national debt and pecuniary dependence, conclusion (Webster and Hayne's Celebrated Speeches in the United States Senate (1853), Wikisource text). (id hayne-speech-on-foots-resolution-q3)
Virtues: Justice
Portrait: Robert Y Hayne, Unknown author, Public domain.
