Sketches of the Life Writings And Opinions of Thomas Jefferson With Selection
Sketches of the Life Writings And Opinions of Thomas Jefferson With Selection
B L Rayner
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The situation of a neutral nation is always delicate and embarrassing ; but peculiarly so, when it is connect- ed with the belligerent parties by extensive commercial relations, and when its subjects are divided by powerful political partialities and antipathies towards the Powers at war. This was precise- ly the situation of the United States. One universal feeling of in- dignation at the interference of England and her allies, with the revolutionary struggle of Fiance, pervaded the whole repu...blican party in America ; and nothing but the extraordinary firmness and prudence of their leader, backed of course, on this occasion, by the whole weight of the administration, could have prevented the gen- erous enthusiasm of the nation from embroiling the government in the foreign conflict, and from plunging its citizens into a ferocious and bloody war with each other. The phrenzy of the popular excitement in favor of France, was greatly increased by the intemperate character of the minister of the French republic, Mr.
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