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nature of slavery to hold forth, the true
remedy would be a subdivision, as you ob-
serve. But it is to be hoped that by a due
poise and partition of powers between the
General and particular governments we have
found the secret of extending the benign
blessing of Republicanism over still greater
tracts of country than we possess, and that a
subdivision may be avoided for ages, if not
forever. To JAMES SULLIVAN. FORD ED., V,
369. (Pa., 1791.)
8699.

I have much confidence that we shall proceed successfully for ages to come, and that, contrary to the principle of Montesquieu, it will be seen that the larger the extent of country, the more firm its republican structure, if founded, not on conquest, but in principles of compact and equality. My hope of its duration is built much on the enlargement of the resources of life going hand in hand with the enlargement of territory, and the belief that men are disposed to live honestly, if the means of doing so are open to them.-To M. DE MARBOIS. vii, 77. (M., 1817.)

8700. UNITED STATES, England and. -These two nations [the United States and England], holding cordially together, have nothing to fear from the united world. They will be the models for regenerating the condition of man, the sources from which representative government is to flow over the whole earth-To J. EVELYN DENISON. 415. (M., 1825.)

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8701. UNITED STATES, Esteemed.-I shall rejoin myself to my native country, with new attachments, and with exaggerated esteem for its advantages; for though there is less wealth there, there is more freedom, more ease, and less misery.-To BARON GEISMER. 1, 427. (P., 1785.)

8702. UNITED STATES, European powers and. While there are powers in Europe which fear our views, or have views on us, we should keep an eye on them, their connections and oppositions, that in a moment of need we may avail ourselves of their weakness with respect to others as well as ourselves, and calculate their designs and movements on all the circumstances under which they exist.-To E. CARRINGTON. ii, 335. FORD ED., iv, 483. (P., 1787.)

8703. UNITED STATES, Foreign policy. We must make the interest of every nation stand surety for their justice, and their own loss to follow injury to us, as effect follows its cause. As to everything except commerce, we ought to divorce ourselves from them all.-To EDWARD RUTLEDGE. iv, 191. FORD ED., vii, 154. (Pa., 1797.)

8704.

The less we have to do with the amities or enmities of Europe the better. To THOMAS LEIPER. vi, 465. FORD ED., ix, 520. (M., 1815.) See ALLIANCE and POLICY.

8706.

Our difficulties are in

deed great, if we consider ourselves alone. But when viewed in comparison to those of | Europe, they are the joys of Paradise. In the eternal revolution of ages, the destinies have placed our portion of existence amidst such scenes of tumult and outrage, as no other period, within our knowledge, had presented. Every government but one on the continent of Europe, demolished, a conqueror roaming over the earth with havoc and destruction, a pirate spreading misery and ruin over the face of the ocean. Indeed, ours is a bed of roses. And the system of government which shall keep us afloat amidst the wreck of the world, will be immortalized in history. We have, to be sure, our petty squabbles and heart burnings, and we have something of the blue devils at times, as to these Rawheads and Bloodybones who are eating up other nations. But happily for us, the Mammoth cannot swim, nor the Leviathan move on dry land; and if we will keep out of their way, they cannot get at us. indeed, we choose to place ourselves within the scope of their tether, a gripe of the paw, or flounce of the tail, may be our fortune. But a part of our nation chose to declare against this, in such a way as to control the wisdom of the government. I yielded with others to avoid a greater evil. But from that moment, I have seen no system which could keep us entirely aloof from these agents of destruction.-To DR. WALTER JONES. v, 510. FORD ED., ix, 274. (M., March 1810.)

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8707. UNITED STATES, Future greatness.-I do believe we shall continue to grow, to multiply and prosper until we exhibit an association, powerful, wise and happy beyond what has yet been seen by men.-To JOHN ADAMS. vi, 37. FORD ED., ix, 333. (M.,

1812.)

8708.

Not in our day, but at no distant one, we may shake a rod over the heads of all [the European nations], which may make the stoutest of them tremble. But I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power, the greater will it be.-TO THOMAS LEIPER. vi, 465. FORD ED., ix, 520. (M., 1815.)

8709. We are destined to be a barrier against the returns of ignorance and barbarism. Old Europe will have to lean on our shoulders, and to hobble along by our side, under the monkish trammels of priests and kings, as she can. What a Colossus shall we be when the southern continent comes up to our mark! What a stand will it secure 8705. UNITED STATES, Freedom from as a ralliance for the reason and freedom of turmoil.-How happy is it for us that we the globe!-To JOHN ADAMS. vii, 27. (M.. are beyond the reach of those storms which | 1816.)

8710. UNITED STATES, Guardian of liberty.--The eyes of the virtuous all over the earth are turned with anxiety on us as the only depositaries of the sacred fire of liberty.-To JOHN HOLLINS. v, 597. 1811.) (M.,

8711. UNITED STATES, Independence of. The several States, now comprising the United States of America, were, from their first establishment, separate and distinct societies, dependent on no other society of men whatever. They continued at the head of their respective governments the executive magistrate who presided over the one they had left, and thereby secured in effect a constant amity with that nation. * * * The part which our chief magistrate took in a war, waged against us by the nation among whom he resided, obliged us to discontinue him, and to name one within every State.-MISSISSIPPI RIVER INSTRUCTIONS. vii, 571. FORD ED., V, 461. (March 1792.)

UNITED STATES, Inviolability of territory. See TERRITORY, ALIENATION OF.

8712. UNITED STATES, Manufacturing nation.-Our enemy [Great Britain] has indeed the consolation of Satan on removing our first parents from Paradise; from a peaceable and agricultural nation, he makes us a military and maufacturing one.-To WILLIAM SHORT. vi, 400. (M., 1814.) See MANUFACTURES and PROTECTION.

UNITED STATES, National capital.-See WASHINGTON CITY.

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8713. UNITED STATES, Natural interests. The American hemisphere * is endowed by nature with a system of interests and connections of its own.-R. TO A. PITTSBURG REPUBLICANS. viii, 142. (1808.) See MONROE DOCTRINE and POLICY,

8714. UNITED STATES, Permanence. -Looking forward with anxiety to the future destinies [of my countrymen] I trust that, in their steady character unshaken by difficulties, in their love of liberty, obedience to law, and support of the public authorities, I see a sure guarantee of the permanence of our Republic; and retiring from the charge of their affairs, I carry with me the consolation of a firm persuasion that heaven has in store for our beloved country long ages to come of prosperity and happiness.-EIGHTH MESSAGE. viii, 110. FORD ED., ix, 225. (Nov. 1808.)

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8715. UNITED STATES, Praise for.There is not a country on earth where there is greater tranquillity; where the laws are milder, or better obeyed; where every one is more attentive to his own business or meddles less with that of others; where strangers are better received, more hospitably treated, and with a more sacred respect.-To MRS. COSWAY. ii, 36. FORD ED., iv, 316. (P., 1786.)

8716. UNITED STATES, Prosperity.When you witnessed our first struggles in

the War of Independence, you little calcu-
lated, more than we did, on the rapid growth
tical demonstration it was about to exhibit.
and prosperity of this country; on the prac-
of the happy truth that man is capable of
self-government, and only rendered otherwise
by the moral degradation designedly super-
induced on him by the wicked acts of his
tyrants.-To M. DE MARBOIS. vii, 77.
1817.)
(M.,

8717. UNITED STATES, Safety of.Union.-TO THE RHODE ISLAND ASSEMBLY. Our safety rests in the preservation of our iv, 397. (W., May 1801.) See UNION.

8718. UNITED STATES, Slanders on.— Nations, like individuals, wish to enjoy a fair reputation. It is, therefore, desirable for us that the slanders on our country, disseminated by hired or prejudiced travellers, should be corrected; but politics, like religion, holds up the torches of martyrdom to the of Ephesus alone that tumults have been exreformers of error. Nor is it in the theatre cited when the crafts were in danger. You must be cautious, therefore, in telling unacceptable truths beyond the water.—To MR. OGILVIE. V, 605. (M., 1811.)

8719. UNITED STATES, Superiority over Europe.-I sincerely wish you may find it convenient to come here [Europe]; the pleasure of the trip will be less than you expect, but the utility greater. It will make you adore your own country, its soil, its climate, its equality, liberty, laws, people, and manners. My God! how little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy. I confess I had no idea of it myself. While we shall see multiplied instances of Europeans going to live in America, I will venture to say, no man now living will ever see an instance of an American removing to settle in Europe, and continuing there. Come, then, and see the proofs of this, and on your return add your testimony to that of every thinking American, in order to satisfy our countrymen how much it is to their interest to preserve, uninfected by contagion, those peculiarities in their government and manners, to which they are indebted for those blessings.-To JAMES MONROE. i, 352. FORD ED., iv, 59. (P., 1785.)

To the overwhelming power of England, I 8720. UNITED STATES, Supremacy.see but two chances of limit. her bankruptcy, which will deprive her of The first is the golden instrument of all her successes. The other is that ascendency which nature destines for us by immutable laws. But to hasten this consummation, we must exercise patience and forbearance. For twenty years to come we should consider peace as the summum bonum of our country. At the end of that period we shall be twenty millions in number, and forty in energy, when encoundwarfs of English workshops.-To M. Dutering the starved and rickety paupers and PONT DE NEMOURS. vi, 508. (M., Dec. 1815.)