TO THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES, WHOSE CIVIL INSTITUTIONS HAVE THEIR Life and Character in the Christian Religion, THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED. OF THE CIVIL INSTITUTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, DEVELOPED IN THE OFFICIAL AND HISTORICAL ANNALS OF THE REPUBLIC. BY B. F. MORRIS. "True religion affords to Government its surest support."-WASHINGTON. "The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond The religion of the New Testament-that religion which is founded on the teachings of Jesus "Righteousness exalteth a nation."-BIBLE. PHILADELPHIA: GEORGE W. CHILDS, 628 & 630 CHESTNUT ST. CINCINNATI: RICKEY & CARROLL. 1864. |