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As the Federalist faith in Great Britain grew stronger, Federalist distrust of the youthful and growing American people increased.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “As the Federalist faith in Great Britain grew stronger, Federalist distrust of the youthful and growing American people…”
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Beveridge discusses the evolving political dynamics between Federalists and the American populace, indicating a growing divide.
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I do not think the greatest things have been done for the world by its bookmen.
He has raised the American people in their own esteem, and, if the influence of truth and justice, reason and argument is not lost in Europe, he has raised the consideration of the United States in that quarter of the world....
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