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7350. REPUBLICANISM (Partisan), Ship of State and.—[continued]

——. The storm through which
we have passed has been tremendous indeed.
The tough sides of our Argosy have been
thoroughly tried. Her strength has stood the
waves into which she was steered, with a
view to sink her. We shall put her on her
republican tack, and she will now show by
the beauty of her motion the skill of her
builders.—
To John Dickinson. Washington ed. iv, 365. Ford ed., viii, 7.
(W. March. 1801)