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longing for peace. Four states declared peremptorily that, should such a system be adopted, they would secede from the confederation; Gerard to Vergennes, 14 July, 1779. and they read the sketch of their protest on the subject. Congress gave way in part, but by the votes of the four New England states and Pennsylvania againstCongress, II. 184. The French minister took the alarm, and sought an interview with the president of congress and two other members Gerard to Vergennes, 14 July, 1779. equally well disposed to his policy. Finding them inclined to yield to New England, he interposed that disunion from the side of New England was not to be feasters of New England. I shall greatly regret on account of the Americans, should Spain enter into war without a convention with them. Gerard to Vergennes, 14 July, 1779. The interview lasted from eight o'clock in the evening till an hour after midnight; but the hearers of Gerard would not undertake to change the opinion of