There is no portion of our citizens who desire to increase our state indebtedness, or to do aught to the detriment of our common interests, when they are shown the evils that inevitably follow in the train of borrowing large sums of money, to be repaid, perhaps, in periods of pecuniary distress and embarrassment.
Alexander emphasizes the collective desire of citizens to avoid increasing state debt and the awareness of its negative consequences.
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