On the recordDecember 8, 1813
The tendency of our commercial and navigation laws in their present state to favor the enemy and thereby prolong the war is more and more developed by experience.
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presidency.ucsb.eduThe tendency of our commercial and navigation laws in their present state to favor the enemy and thereby prolong the war is more and more developed by experience.
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