No, we may depend upon it that it would be a mandat impératif on every federal delegate not to vote a penny for any war, or preparation for war, that might arise from the direct or indirect interests of any colony but his own.
Morley asserts that federal delegates would prioritize their own colonies' interests over collective military funding.
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