The Declaration of Independence and Letters, Addresses, Excerpts and Aphorisms Selected From His Writings With a Short Biography (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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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. All then looked for ward to some further bond of union, which would insure eternal peace, and a political system of our own, inde pendent of that of Euro-pe. Whether all should be con solidated into a single government, or each remain inde pendent as to internal matters,and the whole form a single nation as to what was foreign only, and whether that na tional government would of c-ourse divide opinio nsti tutions, the habits, and the circumstances of each individ ual.

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