They boast, and justly, of those three days of July; but I will boast of our ten days of May.

We, too, fought a battle, but it was with moral arms.

We, too, placed an impassable barrier between ourselves and military tyranny; but we fenced ourselves only with moral barricades.

Not one crime committed, not one acre confiscated, not one life lost, not one instance of outrage or attack on the authorities or the laws.

Our victory has not left a single family in mourning.