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To lend this money under the lash & coercion of France was to relinquish the government of ourselves & to submit to a foreign government imposed on us by force," Marshall declared.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “To lend this money under the lash & coercion of France was to relinquish the government of ourselves & to submit to a…”
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Beveridge articulates the principle that succumbing to foreign coercion undermines national sovereignty.
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