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8875. WAR, Commerce vs.—

War is not
the best engine for us to resort to; nature has
given us one in our commerce, which, if
properly managed, will be a better instrument
for obliging the interested nations of Europe
to treat us with justice.—
To Thomas Pinckney. Washington ed. iv, 177. Ford ed., vii, 129.
(Pa., May. 1797)