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Quotation from The Newburgh Address by George Washington
“express your utmost horror & detestation of the Man who wishes, under any specious pretences, to overturn the liberties of our Country, & who wickedly attempts to open the flood Gates of Civil discord, & deluge our rising Empire in Blood.”
The Newburgh Address, Paragraph 10 (Mount Vernon transcript of the manuscript)
The climax of Washington's entreaty, asking the officers to repudiate the anonymous proposals publicly.
Citation: "express your utmost horror & detestation of the Man who wishes, under any specious pretences, to overturn the liberties of our Country, & who wickedly attempts to open the flood Gates of Civil discord, & deluge our rising Empire in Blood." — George Washington, The Newburgh Address, Paragraph 10 (Mount Vernon transcript of the manuscript). (id newburgh-address-q4)
Portrait: George Washington, Gilbert Stuart, Public domain.
