He said, “Swear anew and teach the oath to our children, that with
God’s help the American Republic shall stand unmoved though all the
powers of piracy and European jealousy should combine to overthrow
it. That we shall have in the future as we have had in the past,
one country, one constitution, one destiny; and that when we shall
have passed from earth, and the acts of to-day shall be matters of
history, and the dark power which sought our overthrow shall have been
overthrown, our sons may gather strength from our example in every
contest with despotism that time may have in store to try their virtue,
and that they may rally under the Stars and Stripes with our old time
war cry,
“‘Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.’”