friendly with people of humble origin, 317, 318;
never an enemy of democracy, 318;
but opposes French excesses, 318;
his self-directed and American training, 319, 320;
early conception of a nation, 321;
works toward national government during Revolution, 321;
his interest in Western expansion, 321, 322;
national character of his Indian policy, 322;
of his desire to secure free Mississippi navigation, 322;
of his opposition to war as a danger to Union, 323;