At a considerable expense to the public this manufacture has been brought to such a state of maturity as, with continued encouragement, will supersede the necessity of future importations from foreign countries.
Adams notes the progress in domestic arms manufacturing, reducing reliance on foreign imports.
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An efficient preparation for war can alone insure peace.
Perhaps no country ever experienced more sudden and remarkable advantages from any measure of policy than we have derived from the arming for our maritime protection and defense.
Our agriculture, fisheries, arts, and manufactures are connected with and depend upon it.
The national defense must be provided for as well as the support of Government; but both should be accomplished as much as possible by immediate taxes, and as little as possible by loans.