"Will you, my countrymen, the descendants of these men, warmed by their blood, inheriting their language, and having the principles for which they struggled confided to your care, allow them to be violated in your hands?"

This quote by Joseph Howe is a call to action for his fellow compatriots. He is asking to take responsibility for the language, principles, and blood of their ancestors. He is advising them that they are the descendants of those who fought for their freedom and that it is their task to protect and support the values that their forefathers defended. He is asking to not enable those worths to be breached in their hands. This quote is a powerful tip of the importance of protecting the rights and liberties of our forefathers and of the responsibility we have to ensure that those rights and freedoms are not eliminated. It is a tip that we must stay watchful and secure the worths that our forefathers defended.