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5634. NATIONS, Dictation to.—

The
presumption of dictating to an independent
nation the form of its government, is so
arrogant, so arrogant, so atrocious, that indignation, as
well as moral sentiment, enlists all our partialities
and prayers in favor of one, and our
equal execrations against the other.—
To James Monroe. Washington ed. vii, 287. Ford ed., x, 257.
(M. 1823)