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Excerpt from An Exposition of the Causes and Character of the Late War Thus, were the United States, in a season of reputed peace, involved in the evils efa state of war; and thus was the American ag annoyed by a nation still professing to cherish the sentiments of mutual friendship and respect, which had been recently vouched, by the faith of a solemn treaty. But the American government even yet abstained from vindicat ing its rights, and from avenging its wrongs, by an appeal to arms. L_t\\ was not an insensibility to those wrongs; nor a dread of British power; nor a subserviency to British'interests, that prevailed, at that period, in the councils of the United States; but, under all trials, the American government abstained from the appeal to arms then as it has, repeatedly since done, in its collisions with France, as well as with Great Britain, from the purest love of peace, while peace could be rendered compatible with the honor and independence of the nation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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."