ocr: AN AMERICAN CREED "I was Born An American; I live an American; I shall die an American; and I intend to perform the duties Incumbent upon me in that character to the end of my career. I mean to do this with absolute disregard of personal consequences. "Let the consequences be what they will, I am careless. No man can suffer too much, and no man can fall too soon, if he suffer or if he fall in the defense of the liberties and Constitution of his country. a Daniel Webster E:%>