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8069. SPANISH AMERICA, Interest in.—

However distant we may be, both in
condition and dispositions, from taking an active
part in any commotions in that country
[South America], nature has placed it too near
us, to make its movements altogether indifferent
to our interests, or to our curiosity.—
To John Jay. Washington ed. ii, 145. Ford ed., iv, 385.
(March. 1787)