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T h e F e d e r a l i s t
Volume I | 1790
Country over Wealth
During times like these we must put our nation first before anything else. This includes our own personal gains. During the Great War of Independence, I lent the Continental Army 100,000,000 pounds to pay the troops who gave up so much for our nation. I gave a whole navy of ships which I never asked for reimbursement, losing 1,000 ships and gaining only some beaver pelts. I supplied the Continental Army with bullets, funded our government during the war, and never asked for reimbursement. I gave everything I had to break away from a tyrant, and I’ll be damned to let another one overtake our nation. That is why I do not understand the opposition against The National Military Act. The delegates against it are simply asking for another nation to attack us. We can afford the tax; but, we cannot afford to lose our great country due to lack of military. That is why I encourage my fellow delegates against the act to reconsider it. I have introduced an amendment which calls for 30% of the national debt owed to me to be forgiven for passing this act. It has been clear to me since the birth of this nation that we must be willing to support it, and our freedom, at all cost.
-Robert Morris
