Letter to the Marquis de Lafayette
01/01/1785
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The foundation of our national policy will be laid on the solid basis of the people's will.
Let us never forget that government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force.
It is generally agreed that some cavalry, either militia or regular, will be necessary.
I lay before you for your consideration a treaty which has been negotiated and concluded on the 29th day of June last by...