- “Whenever a people are so enervated by luxury as to intrust the defence of their country to a regular, standing army, composed of mercenaries, the power of that country will remain under the direction and influence of the most wealthy citizens.”
Signed “A Farmer,” in the Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer, January 29, 1791.
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