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“The frame of mind in the local legislatures seems to be exerted to prevent the federal constitution from having any good effect.”
 
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Name:   Henry Knox
 
Nationality:   American
 
Date of Birth:   Jul 25, 1750
 
Date of Death:   Oct 21,  1806
 
Profession:   Soldier
 
 
 
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Having proceeded to this length, for which they are now ripe, we shall have a formidable rebellion against reason, the principle of all government, and against the very name of liberty.
 
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We have arrived at that point of time in which we are forced to see our own humiliation, as a nation, and that a progression in this line cannot be a productive of happiness, private or public.
 
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Something is wanting, and something must be done, or we shall be involved in all the horror of failure, and civil war without a prospect of its termination.
 
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They wish for a general government of unity, as they see that the local legislatures must naturally and necessarily tend to retard the general government.
 
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Men at a distance, who have admired our systems of government unfounded in nature, are apt to accuse the rulers, and say that taxes have been assessed too high and collected too rigidly.
 
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