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1611. CONQUEST, Compact and equality vs.—

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 equalify.—
To M. De Marbois. Washington ed. vii, 77.
(M. 1817)