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8540. TREATIES, Opposition to European.—

I am not for linking ourselves by new
treaties with the quarrels of Europe; entering
that field of slaughter to preserve their balance,
or joining in the confederacy of kings
to war against the principles of liberty.—
To Elbridge Gerry. Washington ed. iv, 268. Ford ed., vii, 328.
(Pa., 1799)