He said that our wars with Bonaparte would be unsuccessful so long as we sought alliances with the Germans and went meddling in European affairs, into which we had been drawn by the Peace of Tilsit.

• 他说，当我们仍向德意志人寻求联盟，硬要干预欧洲的事务（蒂尔西特和约把我们卷入欧洲事务中）的时候，我们反对波拿巴的战争就会是很不幸的。