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6497. PEACE, With France.—[continued].

[My assailant] says I
am “for peace; but it is only with France”.
He has told half the truth. He would have
told the whole, if he had added England. I
am for peace with both countries.—
To Samuel Smith. Washington ed. iv, 254. Ford ed., vii, 277.
(M. 1798)