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... appeared before Congress with a confidential report from the President urging that an army of five thousand men be raised to resist the depredations of the Creek Indians along the southern frontier . The previous year Congress had ...
... appeared before Congress with a confidential report from the President urging that an army of five thousand men be raised to resist the depredations of the Creek Indians along the southern frontier . The previous year Congress had ...
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... appeared a strange policy , indeed , to raise five or six thousand men to oppose a handful of Indian banditti .... We are preparing to squander away money by mil- lions ; and no one , except those who are in the secrets of the Cabi- net ...
... appeared a strange policy , indeed , to raise five or six thousand men to oppose a handful of Indian banditti .... We are preparing to squander away money by mil- lions ; and no one , except those who are in the secrets of the Cabi- net ...
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... appeared , they were not to reduce it . Where were the benefits of peace , ' he asked , ' if they were still to keep up our war establishments ? ' 15 This question of the size of the regular military establishment was temporarily put ...
... appeared , they were not to reduce it . Where were the benefits of peace , ' he asked , ' if they were still to keep up our war establishments ? ' 15 This question of the size of the regular military establishment was temporarily put ...
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The AngloAmerican Heritage | 3 |
The Founding Fathers Reaffirm Civil Supremacy | 18 |
The Defeat of the Federalist Military Plans | 32 |
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