...with all." He then warned them to guard " against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, because history and experience prove that foreign influence...of the most baneful foes of republican government." After recommending them to preserve a strict neutrality in the then subsisting war in Europe, he concluded...

...Westmoreland County, Virginia, on the 23d of February, 17S2. DIM at Mount Vernon, December 14th, 1799. "Against the insidious wiles of Foreign Influence, I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens, tho jealousies of s free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that...

...nations — cultivate peace and harmony with all, against the insidious wiles of foreign influence. The jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly...foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of a republican government. In extending our commercial relations, we should have as little political...

...commensurate with their existence ! 141. AGAINST FOREIGN ENTANGLEMENTS, 1796.— George Washington. influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican...jealousy, to be useful, must be impartial ; else it beeomes the instrument of the verj influence to be avoided, instead of a defence against it. Excessive...

...Against tbe insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me, fellow- citizens,) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly...history and experience prove that foreign influence it one of the most baneful foes of republican government. But that jealousy, too, to be useful, must...

...Against the insidious wiles of foreign iaflfcence, (I conjure you to believe me, fellotr citizens,) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake ; since history and expert* ence prove, that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Eepublican Government....

...laws and to maintain all in the secure and tranquil enjoyment of the rights of person and property. "Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake since history and experience...

...small or weak, towards a great and powerful nation, dooms the former to be the satellite of the latter. Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I...baneful foes of republican government. But that jealousy too, to be useful, must be impartial, else it becomes the instrument of the very influence to'be avoided,...

...earnestness nowhere else found, even in his last affectionate farewell advice to his countrymen, he says, " Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence,...of the most baneful foes of republican government." Lastly, on the subject of foreign relations, Washington never forgot that we had interests peculiar...

...entreat you, fellow-citizens, never to forget the solemn declaration of the father of your country : " Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence,...foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of a republican government." This is the warning of the immortal Washington, and should not pass unheeded....