5663. NATIONS, Unity of large.—[further continued].
A nation united can
never be conquered. We have seen what the
ignorant, bigoted and unarmed Spaniards
could do against the disciplined veterans of
their invaders. * * * The oppressors May
cut off heads after heads, but like those of the
Hydra they multiply at every stroke. The recruits
within a nation's own limits are prompt
and without number; while those of their invaders
from a distance are slow, limited, and
must come to an end.—
To John Adams. Washington ed. vi, 525.
(M.
1816)
