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will pay, she will not hesitate a moment to improve her opportunities
to exercise her power and humble our nation. When England does
declare war, all nations will have an interest of their own to serve, and
there will be general war, general confusion. England is acquainted
with the diversity of feeling among those who are seeking to quell the
rebellion. She well knows the perplexed condition of our Government;
she has looked with astonishment at the prosecution of this war—the
slow, inefficient moves, the inactivity of our armies, and the ruinous
expenses of our nation. The weakness of our Government is fully open
before other nations, and they now conclude that it is because it was
not a monarchial government, and they admire their own government,
and look down, some with pity, others with contempt, upon our nation,
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which they have regarded as the most powerful upon the globe. Had
our nation remained united it would have had strength, but divided it
must fall.
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