Alexander Hamilton: “Against an Alliance with France”

( 1794 ) Commentary by Michael J. O'Neal, Ph.D.

Glossary

commercial duties taxes on imports
declension decrease
glosses false interpretations of facts or events
prosecute enterprises undertake ventures or activities
public credit the confidence of the public in the basic financial soundness of its government
republican referring to government by elected officials, as opposed to monarchs or dictators
unexampled unprecedented
would suppose exactions really grievous would bring about extreme hardship

Alexander Hamilton (Library of Congress)

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