nation making concessions by unnecessarily parting which ought to be have been retained and exiting jealousty, ill will and b disposition to retaliate equal positions with held. it gives to cop rurrupted citiz which devote themselves to the favorite nation, sacrifice the you own country, guilding with appearances of a vir tuous sense of obligation a commendable deference for public opinion or a laudable zeal for public good the base or foolish economiances of ambitious, corruption, or infatuation. as avenues to foreign influence, such attachments are particularly alarming to enlightened and independent patriot. how many opportunities do they afford to tamper with domestic factions? to practice the arts of seduction, to mislead public opinion, to influence or awe the public councils? such an attachment of a small or weak towards a great and powerful nation dooms the former to be a satellite of the latter. against the insidious wiles of foreign influence i conjure you to believe me the jealousy of a free people ought to be const t constantly awake since history proves foreign influence is one o