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The Jeffersonian cyclopedia;

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8148. STATES, Confederation of.—

The
alliance between the States under the old Articles
of Confederation, for the purpose of
joint defence against the aggression of Great
Britain, was found insufficient, as treaties of
alliance generally are, to enforce compliance
with their mutual stipulations; and these,
once fulfilled, that bond was to expire of itself,
and each State to become sovereign and
independent in all things.—
The Anas. Washington ed. ix, 88. Ford ed., i, 157.
(1818)

See Confederation, Defects.