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3058. FORCE, Reason vs.—

The friends of reform, while they remain firm, [should] avoid every act and threat against the peace
of the Union. That would check the favorable
sentiments of the middle States, and rally
them again around the measures which are
ruining us. Reason, not rashness, is the only
means of bringing our fellow citizens to their
true minds.—
To N. Lewis. Washington ed. iv, 278.
(1799)