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...description belonging to your state, to the warmest patronage of your excellency and your legislature. " The militia of this country must be considered as...palladium of our security, and the first effectual resort ia case of hostility. It is essential, therefore, that the same system should pervade the whole ; that...

...the Union on a regular, uniform, and efficient footing. " The militia of this country," said he, " must be considered as the palladium of our security,...same species of arms, accoutrements, and military LETTER TO THE ClOVERNORS. 489 apparatus should be introduced in every part of the United States." And...

...throughout the Union on a regular, uniform, and efficient footing. " The militia of this country," said he, "must be considered as the palladium of our security,...pervade the whole : that the formation and discipline of Ihe militia of the continent should be absolutely uniform, and that the same species of arms, accoutrements,...

...invaded from the other side of the Atlantic. " The militia2 of this country," says General Washington, "must be considered as the palladium of our security...the first effectual resort in case of hostility." Another thing necessary is a vigilance against corrupperilled by jealousies and estrangement. Favored,...

...invaded from the other side of the Atlantic. "The militia2 of this country," says General Washington, "must be considered as the palladium of our security...the first effectual resort in case of hostility." Another thing necessary is a vigilance against corrupperilled by jealousies and estrangement. Favored,...