...ica, the undisputed ascendency of the nation which he called his enemy, is the most vexatious possible; I see the ill; I do not see the remedy. Anxious to send none but the most accurate accounts, Durand made many inquiries of Franklin, and asked for all his political writings. That intriguing nation, said Franklin, would like very well to blow up the coals between Britain and her Colonies; but I ...