Chap. VI.} 1778. |
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and the selection of Franklin as sole envoy.
In him
the interests of the United States obtained a serene and wakeful guardian, who penetrated the wiles of the Spanish government, and knew how to unite fidelity to the French alliance with timely vindication of the rights of his own native land.
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