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5655. NATIONS, Oppressed.—

That we
should wish to see the people of other countries
free, is as natural, and at least as justifiable,
as that one King should wish to see
the Kings of other countries maintained in
their despotism.—
To Albert Gallatin. Washington ed. vii, 78. Ford ed., x, 90.
(M. 1817)