In the South American revolutions against Spain, American sailors generally and, indeed, the American people as a whole, ardently sympathized with those who sought to establish for themselves free and independent governments.
Beveridge notes the American public's support for South American independence movements, reflecting on national sentiment during that era.
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As the French storm increased, its winds blew ever stronger over the responsive waters of American opinion.
Would they abandon their posts as judges, and the interests of millions committed to them, to serve the purposes of a single individual?
Is not liberty secure with us, where the people hold all powers in their own hands, and delegate them cautiously, for short periods, to their servants, who are accountable for the smallest mal-administration?...
Thus were the ideas of Nationality and localism in America brought into sharper conflict by the mob and guillotine in France.
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