Mises Daily
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Joseph R. Stromberg
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rulers. But broad ownership of property and firearms, relative to conditions in Europe, meant that American reality did come near the republican ideal. In English Adams administrations had a few other problems with which to deal. Hemmed in by European powers’ imperial holdings in North America, the federal republic was involved in plans to set up a western republic, at the territorial expense of the Union and Spain alike. His trial ended in acquittal for lack of solid evidence.