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2524. EMBARGO, Approval of.—[further continued].

That the Embargo is approved
by the body of republicans through
the Union, cannot be doubted. It is equally
known that a great proportion of the federalists
approve of it; but as they think it an
engine which may be used advantageously
against the republican system, they countenance
the clamors against it.—
To D. C. Brent. Washington ed. v, 305.
(W. June. 1808)