Speech of the Hon. Alexander Contee Hanson on the Loan Bill

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Excerpt from Speech of the Hon. Alexander Contee Hanson on the Loan Bill: Delivered in the House of Representatives, February 14, 1814, Upon a Motion Made by Mr. Eppes, to Fill the Blank in the First Section of the Bill With Twenty-Five Millions of DollarsEvery moment, sir, that this war has been continued since the armistice agreed on between Governor Prevost and general, , Dearborin, it has been under a new character, whatever may be said of its justice When declared. The policy, necessity and jus-t ftice of the war wasa settled question when the armistice was re jected. If ever just, 1t became from that moment unjust, wanton and unnecessary, as it has been uniformly'ruinous and disgraceful. And yet sir, defenseless as we are, our sea-board unprotected, depending chie¿y on the forbearance of the encm y, we are invited.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.