Congress have demonstrated their sense to be, and it were superfluous to repeat mine, that whatsoever will tend to accelerate the honorable extinction of our public debt accords as much with the true interest of our country as with the general sense of our constituents.
Washington acknowledges Congress's commitment to reducing public debt and aligns it with the nation's interests.
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To such men I shall cheerfully yield the palm of genius and talents to serve our common country.
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