Madison's View Of War As Fatal To Liberty
war is pornaps the rrmst to be cireaded, because it comprises and devciops the genius of every üther. War is the parent of artnies; trom thern proceed debts and taxes; armiea, and dcbts, and luxes, are the known instrumente for bringiug the many vnder dominion of the fkw. In war, loo, the discreüonary power of the exectitive posveris extended; and all the tr.eans i-f seducing the public mind are added to theee of subduing ttie torce of the poo. ple. Tle same inaügnunt aspect in republicanisni may be traced in the inequahties of fortunes, and opporttmitiea of fraud, growing out oà a atnte of war, and in the degencracy of manners and ir.orals enieudcred by both. JYo nation could preserve is freedum in tbe rnidst of continu cd war.
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