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8918. WAR, Preparations for.—

Considering
war as one of the alternatives which
Congress may adopt on the failure of proper
satisfaction for the outrages committed on us
by Great Britain, I have thought it my duty
to put into train every preparation for that
which the executive powers * * * will
admit of.—
To John Nicholas. Washington ed. v, 168.
(M. 1807)