But if so, then we have proved the truth of the position, that the abolition of it ought to be accounted by us as one of the greatest blessings, and that it ought to be one of the most copious sources of our joy.

Indeed, I do not know, how we can sufficiently express what we ought to feel upon this occasion.

It becomes us, as individuals, to rejoice.

It becomes us, as a nation, to rejoice.

It becomes us even to perpetuate our joy to our posterity.