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4781. LOANS, Economy vs.—

I learn
with great satisfaction that wholesome economies
have been found, sufficient to relieve
us from the ruinous necessity of adding annually
to our debt by new loans. The deviser
of so salutary a relief deserves truly well of
his country.—
To Samuel Smith. Washington ed. vii, 284. Ford ed., x, 251.
(M. 1823)