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“The handful of troops over the Ohio are mutinous and desert because they are unpaid.”

This means that in states like ohio the troops are unpaid, and it is results in higher rates of desertion.

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“We are apt to run from one extreme into another.”

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“A reluctance to taxes, an impatience of government, a rage for property and little regard to the means of

acquiring it, together with a desire of equality in all things, seem to actuate the mass of those who are

uneasy in their circumstances.”

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"that all the money now
at our command, and which we may expect from the States for this two months to come, will not do more
then satisfy the various engagements which will by that time have fallen due....that credit can not long
be supported without funds."

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“Here, my countrymen, impelled by every motive that ought to influence an enlightened people, let us make a firm stand for our safety, our tranquillity, our dignity, our reputation.”

Alexander Hamilton to the disorganized states

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“To me, it is a solecism in politics: indeed it is one of the most extraordinary things in nature, that we should confederate as a Nation, and yet be afraid to give the rulers of that nation, who are the creatures of our making, appointed for a limited and short duration, and who are amenable for every action, and recallable at any moment, and are subject to all the evils which they may be instrumental in producing, sufficient powers to order and direct the affairs of the same.” - George Washington

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“Do we owe debts to foreigners and to our own citizens contracted in a time of imminent peril for the preservation of our political existence? These remain without any proper or satisfactory provision for their discharge.

Have we valuable territories and important posts in the possession of a foreign power which, by express

stipulations, ought long since to have been surrendered? These are still retained to the prejudice of our

interests, not less than our rights.” - Alexander Hamilton

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"No Provision is made for the Half-Pay promised to them. Some Persons and indeed some States pretend to dispute their Claim to it."