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3135. FRANCE, Federalist Hostility to.—

Nothing less than the miraculous string of events which have taken place, to wit, the
victories of the Rhine and Italy, peace with
Austria, bankruptcy of England, mutiny in
her fleet, and King's writing letters recommending
peace, could have cooled the fury
of the British faction. Even that will not
prevent considerable efforts still in both
Houses to show our teeth to France.—
To James Madison. Ford ed., vii, 143.
(Pa., June. 1797)