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Show 400 INAUGURAL AND l~'AR.lt:vVlLLL ADDHESSES. cxclurlcd; and that, in place of them, jnst and amicable feeling towards all 'hould be cnlLivntcd. The nation which jndulgc:::> towards another an habitnal hatred, or an habitual fotHinc, s, i,, in some degree, a slave. It is a slave to ite animosity or to its ail"cction; either of which is Hnflicicnt to lead it a tray from its duty and ils interest. Antipnthy in one nation against another, disposes each more rentli ly to o[er in sult and injury, to lay hold of slight causes of umbrage, and to be haughty and in tractable, when ac.ciclcntal or trifiing occasions of <liHputc occur. IIcncc frequent collisions, obstinate, cuvenornctl, aud bloody contests. 1'ho nation, prompted by m-will and rcscutmcnt, sometimes impels to war the Govcrnlllcnt, contrary to tho best calculations of policy. The Government sometimes participates in tbe national propensi ty, and adopts, through p:1s ion, what reason would rPjcct; at other times it make· tho an imosity of the nation, subse rvient to projects of hos tili ty, instigated by pride, ambition, and other sini. Lcr a11d pernicious motives. 'l'he peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of nations has been the victim. So, likewise, a passionate attachment of one nation to another produces a variety of evils. Sympathy for tho favorite nation, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest, in cases where 110 real common interest exists, and infusing into one the enmities of the other, betrays the former into a participation in the quarrels and wars of tho latter, witbout adequate indnccment or ju. tification. It leads also to concc. sions Lo the favorite nation of privilegrs <l 'nicd to others, which is apt doubly to injure tho nation lllaking the concessions; by unn ecessarily parti ng with what onght to have been retained, and by exciting j en lou. y, illwill, and a disposition to retaliate, in the parties from whom equal privileges nrc withheld ; and it gives to nmhiLious, eorruptcd, or delud ed citizens (who devote themselves to the favorite nation) facility to betray, or sacrifice the in- INAUG URAL AND FAREWELJJ ADDRESSES. 4.[)1 terest of their own conn try, without odium; sometimes etcn with popularity; gihling wit h the app n.rance of n virtnous sense of obligation, a commencluble deference for public opinion, or a laudable z al for public good, the hasc ot· foolish compliances of ambition, '<HT11plion, or infatuation. As n.vcnucs Lo foreign inllu nee in ittnumerahlc wuy:, f'll('h attachments arc parlieularly ularming to tl1e truly enlightened and in clcpcndcnt patriot. How many opporLun iti<·s do they afl"ord to tam per with domestic faction s, to pract icc the art of sed uctio n, to ntiRlea<l public opin ion, to influence or nwe the public council::;? Such an attachment of a small or weak, toward a great und powerful naliou, dooms the former to be the suLcll iLc of the latter. AgainHt the insidious wiles of foreign influen ce (I conjure you to l>el ievc me, fellow-citizens) the j ealousy of n. free people ought to Lc constantly awake; since history and experi ence prove that foreign in fluencc is one of lite m o~-; t biweful foes of republican govern ment. nut that jealousy, to he u, cfnl, must be impar tial; else it becomes the itt Htrunt ctlt of the very influence to be avo ided, jnstead of n. d ·fcn:o again tit. Exec sive partia.liLy for one foreig·n ua.Lion, a!lll excessive di slike for another, ·ausc those whom they aelualo to see danger only on one siclc, and serve io vail, and even second, the n.r Ls of inflncnce on the other. Real patriots, who may resist the intricrues of the favorite, arc liable to become suspected and odious; while its tooh; and clnpes usurp the applause and confidence of tho people, to surrender thcit· interests. The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations is, in cxtcndiuo- our commercial relations, to have wi th them as li LLie poli tical connection as possible. So far ns we have formecl engagements, let them be fulfi lled with pc rfc ·t good fai th. IIere let us sLop. Europe has a set of prim ary interests, which to us l1ave none, or n. very remote relation. Ilcnce she must he en- |