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Excerpt from An Address to the Whites: Delivered in the First Presbyterian Church, on the 26th of Mar, 1826
She will become not a great, but a faithful ally of the United States. In time of peace she will plead the common liberties of America In time of her intrepid sons will sacrifice their lives in your defence. And because she will be useful to you in coming time, she asks you to (assist her in her present struggles. She asks not for greatness; she seeks not wealth; she pleads on ly for assistance to become respectable as a nation, to enlighten and ennoble her sons, and to ornament her daughters with mod esty and virtue. She pleads for this assistance, too, because on her destiny hangs that of many nations. If she complete her civilization - then may we hope that all our nations will - then, indeed, may true patriots be encouraged in their efforts -to make this world of the West, one continuous abode of enlightened, free, and happy people.
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