If any State, therefore, could survive without a union with other Colonies, it was New York, and it is not surprising that many, perhaps a majority of its people, under the leadership of George Clinton, settled into a policy unfriendly to a national revenue, and later to a national government.
This statement reflects the sentiment that New York could thrive independently, influencing its people's attitudes towards national governance.
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I discerned also unmistakable evidences of stern integrity, earnest patriotism, and unswerving fidelity.
The heart of the country is fixed on higher and nobler things.
Its attitude was strong, defiant, and its only purpose apparently was to create a public sentiment hostile to the extension of slavery.
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