Have the pettifogging, hair-splitting, nonsensical, and yet inflammatory bickerings about the right of search, pandering to the thirst for revenge in France, panting for war to prostrate the disputed title of her king--has the sound of this war-trumpet yet faded away upon our ears?
Quincy critiques the ongoing disputes that incite war with France, reflecting on national tensions.
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This rendered it more unavoidable that the remainder of the continent should ultimately be ours.
He considered himself placed between two batteries, neither of which regarded him as one of their soldiers.
With a tolerable share of common sense, I hope, in America, to be independent and free.
I have no doubt our citizens will rally a second time round the standard of Common Sense.
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