The Charge
The original Committees of Correspondence helped give rise to a nation grounded in liberty and law. This Committee exists to ensure that the Republic endures. Those entrusted with this responsibility serve with humility, discretion, and a clear understanding that the preservation of self-government is neither automatic nor guaranteed. The Republic was established through vigilance and resolve. It is preserved by the same.
We, entrusted with the confidence of this Committee, do solemnly acknowledge that the preservation of a free Republic depends not upon force alone, but upon vigilance, virtue, and the faithful exchange of truth. We accept this charge with humility, mindful that liberty is neither self-sustaining nor secure without the deliberate stewardship of those willing to place duty above interest, and principle above convenience. We pledge to uphold the Constitution of the United States as the supreme civil charter of this Republic, to defend its original meaning, and to resist all encroachments that would weaken the sovereignty of the people or dissolve the bonds of lawful self-government. We commit ourselves to disciplined correspondence, measured in word, prudent in disclosure, and steadfast in purpose, understanding that unguarded speech may imperil the whole, while faithful communication preserves the many. We shall conduct ourselves with discretion and restraint, neither seeking recognition nor yielding to fear, knowing that the quiet labor of coordination has ever been the safeguard of liberty in times of uncertainty. We affirm that our allegiance is owed not to faction, ambition, or power, but to the enduring principles upon which this Republic was founded: ordered liberty, equal justice, and government accountable to the people. In accepting this charge, we bind ourselves to one another in trust, to this Committee in duty, and to posterity in responsibility, resolved that the Republic entrusted to us shall endure, unaltered in principle, unbroken in spirit. So pledged, we commit ourselves to the work before us.