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549. ARMY, An unnecessary.—[continued].

Were armies to be raised
whenever a speck of war is visible in our
horizon, we never should have been without
them. Our resources would have been exhausted
on dangers which have never happened,
instead of being reserved for what is
really to take place.—
Sixth Annual Message. Washington ed. viii, 69. Ford ed., viii, 495.
(Dec. 1806)