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will endsavor to oppole and thwart its
'iheafures by every means in their power.:
rfhefe.are'me"an 'ffiggeftions, unfupport
.Zed by evidence, unfounded in fa&— ,
'What aft of tfe.General Gbvernment
'have they opposed ?. What measure
thwarted ,' I will Venture, to assert, that•
'no Rate in 'the Union, since Mr. J^F
'ferson's administration commenc
'ed, has be^h m3re orderly, more cor-:
°fe& more obedient to the general will ;
than our own. Ido not infer from this'
'that Mr. Jefferson Arid Mr. Galla-:
tin ar,e„the^en. of opr choice ; they,
certainly are.not. But it proves our
^attachment .to our conllitution ; it)
'proves that we can obey laws, even tho';
we do hot like th6.men who made them;
•and though we had.no hand indexing
those who execute them. <;
Much pains has been, taken to (hew,.
that the prefect General Government'
are alive to the feelings of the people ;:
and that they are fcrupuloully Ironed,
and frugal and (economical of the pub--
lie money. It is too soon, ray fellow.
citizens, to boaft.of this. "Let not
"him that pufteth on the harn^fs, boaft'
-as him that putteth it off." You love
'(economy. In this you are fincefe.— .
Mr. Jefferson' knows this trait in
yotfr tharAQers. 4 For a moment then
suppose him to be an artful and deligri
ing than—The thing is poffible.—ls/jt
not'eafy for^im to put on the appear-.
ance of the mpft rigidicongmy-? Have
you never xknchwn, ptfyd men Clothe
i^mfelves in "the garb, of humility ? is
If very uncommon for the mod vicious
to talk meh of.virtue? .Ido not fay
that this Is the case w,th Mr. Jeffer,
son ; but this I wilf fay, that .we must
MfaVe better evidence than what we have
fet'Kad; before we can fafely rely upon
Virginias ecbubrny." •An embafjy to
SpAin 'and France 'with an .dppropria
,6n of two millions qf dollars is no such
evidence. Let ,us then; fffpend our
judgment upon the.matter ofLeecono
„', Until 'the end of Mr. Jefferson's
four years. Hitherto the sea has been
calm ans unruffled.,.. Peace just con
dVdetf i^ Europe, and our treasury full,
the effect of Federal meafarcs. / Tki,,
the 'prtfent Adminiftrafion assume a,
their own peculiar faerjt. You will
jiMg^wfrrfher'they defend it. , They
hfre bedri occupied ahogethfrin de,
ftrbying 'We have Teen none of their#
ikili in building up. Weare threaten
ed with a war' !, Let us, f^ how Mr.
Jefferson will fleer the ,!%>on the
tempeftudus sea! He is not a ve^yable
landfman=But it isrtß^ehoped that he
will be as expert in the government, of
a navy) as he is learned ]in dry docks, #
which are to toft unlfhalf a million, of
dollars.
We are told that the General Gov,)
ernment are to take th^ fame care of
the public motley, as they do of their
own: This is the Very thing I'dread.
I wilh to have our public affairs ad-,
zpiniftered with* more'" {economy. tba%
/owe rnzn. manage their own. fn ffiort,.
the economy of'the^General Gov^rri
if adopted, would probably give the
most complete success to the Gazette
lift.' Mr. Peabody must in~that case
' resign the keys oftheCohnty Qeafury
to Mr. N. Folsom ; then out money
would be sass kept.; David Copp
would take die place of N.TXylor in
the Senate ; Moody Bedel'wouM be
called to a feat in the Council to the ex
clusion of such a man as Mr. Blasdel,
.'whom,it is probable the people would
eleCt ; and the Chair of St'ate would be
vacated by our prefect Governor to be
filled by him'who Hands pre-eminent on
Ahe liftof the faithful. Glopous times!
/Qut Ray, 'my fallow citizens, would not
Uris infringe a little-op the State sove
reignty ? Would notthis, derogate a
'little 'from oof character, as freemen ?
Would it hot be as well tp leave the
'General, GoyerrqnenL to manage their
* own' concerns, and for^us to take the
trouble d )manage ours ? if we should
;hdt be able to do it quite.fo wel^ a
"would neverthefefs befome fatisfa&ion
'to u^ that the work is pur own;
"Suggeftidns.are^mhde in.the papers,
that our .Governor,'Senators,; &c< are
loftile tofttie General Government;and
For the United States Oracle.
TO THE
CTTIZENStFNEW&AMfcSHIRE
NUMBER 111.
AMONG the reafans which have
been offered fodnd&e us tp make
a change in our State Officers, it has
been insinuated in the newspapers, that
we ought to choose men to administer
our public affairs, whd are in fentirrier-t
with those wljp administer rhe General
Government. If we are bound at all
events tri da l^is, it is hardly worth
while t&go to town meeting. It would
be better and cheaper to Write to the
Secretary oftheTreafury, Mr. GALLA
, TEN,or to Mr.jEFFE r^on himfelf, tp ap
point a Governor, Council, and Senate
for us! They/doubtlefs, would be so
z?r,^b^ng as to do it, and would proba
bly aopofrit men who wpdld harmonize
infeniiment "with^the General Govern
• merit ;'men wbp~wpuld.be.vqry popu
lar in Virginia ; and who would receive
the plaudits, of your Duanes, your Cheet
hams, and all your imported Patriots —
I will not deny that, this arrangement,
gidar merits. Let me ueg your par
ticular attention to this point, and if
any thing can b^found that will turn
the scales in his favor, I wilt be silent
for ever.. Let us enquire then with
ferioufpefs and candour, and " fee to
what they amount." Is Mr. Langdon
less an old tory than Gov. Gilman ? Is
he less an deflate ? Is he more friend
ly to our conltitut:on dnd to the conftj
tutiori of the United States ? Is he lets
opposed to to the principles efbur rev
olution ?. I&be less inimical to the fen,
timers 0f,76 ?Is he lets an aristocrat ?
Is he less d monarchic ? Is he more
obedient to ,h^will of the General
Government) Is he more economical;
more frugal of the public money ? The
most .prejudiced admirer of Mr. Lang
don will not undertake to a'nfwer these
enquiries, in the affirmative. And if
the, " will not, ftirely they will not pre
tend, that for any of these things Mr.
Langdon can be preferred to Gov. Gib
man. '
\But it tray belaid that Mr. Lang
don has greater talents, more integrity
than Goy.Gilman, and he should there
fore be preferred, Are these fa&s fel
'low citizens? IF To -where are theft
proofs ? Let them be produced—ari
the domestic virtues ofthe former more
conspicuous, than in the, latfer ? No
one will fay they ate,. ,WEat pretence
then have we for giving a preference to
Mr. Langdon in exclusion of Gov, Gil
man ? Can any one be assigned ? With
out fome' benefit to be lipped for,with
out some good ffiould be defigned,.if I
can hardly be expected, that you would
feriouflyvith to effed ighange in our
public pffic^s. Can any benefit be ex
pefted from it? Can any good be pro
duced ? No,
. ,Last year it was said Mr. Langdon
mull be chosen Governpr, because we
.want#new tyank, and Goy. Gilman is.
-opposed to that 'meafure. But nofoon
er did it become the duty of Gov, Gil-'
man to aft upon that fubjeft, than he
approved the bill, about which so much ;
clamor, had been-made, and the new ' ;
bank was incorporated. Does this look
4s ifeGov. Gilmanoppofedhimfelf to the
.^iffiesof the people? Could Mr. Lang. .
don himfelf,if he had been Governor,
,done:mofc? We fee how little they had )
If then Gov, Gilman arid the men
who hav^ been calumniated with him,
are prudent and economical of the pub
lic money—ls they are obedient to ,the
will of the general 'Government—lf
'they are not Monarchies; —ls they are
not Aristocrats— If they are not inimi
cal to the sentiments of '76 — if they
are not opposed to the principles of our
revolution—ls they are not unfriendly
to.our confthutiQn and to the cohftitu
tion of the United .States — Finally if
they are not apfates arid rid tories—
Then I think We may fairly conclude,
that/^ are not reasons, why such men
should be left out of office, ,I think,
from the evidence before you, you will
not feel yoyrfelves authotifed to con
demn ; 'but that yen will think it your
duty to acquit with honor. And I
hope that, relying upon the experience
you have had of those men and their
conduct, that you will be induced to re
main friends to them and their mea
sures. I hope too', that you will not
allow yourselves to be imposed on, by
Mr. Jefferfon and his friends, by their
ment under this admimitration, is yet
to be proved.,, The savings they have
made, may prove, wretched economy.
But with- regard to the government of
this State, we have the evidence of ex
perience. Our economy, is something
real. The expences of our government,
which have never been extravagant,
have of late been diminished : The ex
pences of the two last years scarcely ex
ceeding thole of a tingle preceding one.
If political economy is a national
bleffipg, which I believe no one will de
ny •, to whom, let me atk, are we in
debted, for our present enjoyment ofit.
To the men who by your fuffrages have
the control of public affairs, or to those
noisy demagogues who are seeking for
favor and office. The former evince to
you their frugality by actual deeds ; the
latter declaim about frugality & cecon
ofty, and boast the great things they
will do when you mill intruft them with
power. But what ufTurances have we
of their sincerity ? What evidence have
we of their real intentions ? Do you
remember, fellow citizens, the strenu
ous exertions our great patriot Mr.
Langdon made, a year ago lad June,
to prevail upon our Representatives to
have a winter session of our Legislature;
at an expence^nearly equal to the whole
annual expence of our government be
side ; and this too though they had no
business of importance before them ? Is
this conformable tp the profeffions of
the frugality of these men ? Is this the
affiirance we have ,of their sincerity ?Is
this the evidence of their real intentions ?
And yet, forfooth, these are the men to
be promoted to office, for theirfrugality
and ceconomy.
pretended economy, their love of liber
ty, thejr anxiety to promote the happi
ness of the people, &e. &c.
. Still it is insisted that Mr. Langdon
must be our thief Magistrate for the en
suing year. Why must he be so ? Not
for any unfitnefs in Gov. Gilman,moft
certain ; but by reafori of his own fin-
The flb-ving is a letter from a Nre-
Enghnd member, in the prefont Congress,
to a fiend tfJefterfonian principles—
✓lll tree Federalists and dll moderate De
mocrat's mill derive inftruCion from the
improve truths, and pleafare from the
mild perfuajive file of this letter. Many
falls appear which have never been urg
ed before, and all dre placed in a view
influential, commanding: ^D&.r. corref
pondett mill certainly furhifofs with
the feiond, which is promised in the con
cludi^ paragraph, and Cefoall Cofe
no time in laying it before the public.
—o— ]
Washington, FEB, 14, 1803.
My Dear Sir,
WHILE I have every reason to
believe you are as Sincerely attached to
the intered of our common country as
I am mrfelt, I know you think favor
ably of Mr. Jefferfon arid his adminis
tration ; and that you are disposed to
promote the interest of his friends in
Newhampfhire inoppofition to what we
denominate federalifm. I cannot help
efteemiag this a very unfortunate cir
cumltarce,2s every good man has an in
fluence over the opinions and conduct
of his neighbors, which ought to be ex
erted in favor of those principles and
pra&ces % that are molt conducive to
the public welfare, I hope, therefore,
you will take in good part the attempt I
now make to rectify Some mistakes, in
to which I think you have fallen, re
fpe&ng the prefers political state of our
country. , ,
The principal ground on which the
friends of the prelent adminiftraboh en
deavor to ehablifh their claim to the
eonfidence'and fopport of the public, is
their ECONOMY. In republican gov
ernments this is very justly considered
as a political virtue of high value, be
cause it leaves to every citizeri the
greateftpoffible proportion of the fruits
of his indutiry. It is therefore deserv
ing of encouragement, and those who
practice it, of applause. But this, like
river, other virtue, is frequently arro 3
gated by men-, who do riot possess any
uncommon Share ofit. From a care
ful attention tqthe appropriations and
expenditures of the federal government
for the two hit 'years, I am fully con
vinced that this is peculiarly true of
the men, who now administer it, and
t'heir friends.
I acknowledge with pleasure thatour
expences during tliis term, have been
less than they were under the preceding
administration —that a greater amount
of public debt has been extinguished in
the course of the last than in any form
er year, and that the treasury is un
commonly rich. But whoever consi
ders these last circumflances as result
ing entirely from the firft, is certainly
guilty of a great error. The former
of them arose partly from the fa)e, at
an immense loss, of our property in the
Bank of the United States, (a loss, which
demonstrates that, however adroit our
present financier may be in making
purchases of wild lands for himfelf, he
has but a moderate Share of Skill in
making f^les for the public) but princi
pally from the large Unexpended balan
cesof formed appropriations which bad,
by law,accrued to the Jinking fund. The
letter,(the richness of the treafury)has
arisen from four or five different sources,
as the arrearages of the direct tax which
have been paid in—the large sums pro
duced by the file of our armed vessels
and building materials—arrearages of,
our internal revenue—but principally
from the uncommon produ&ivenefs of
the impost and tonnage arising from
the large amount -of bonds difeharged
in the course of the last fifeal year,
leaving the aggregate sum outstanding
about 2,4qe,c00 dollars less than at the
close of. the year preceding. For the
to fear from Gov. Gilman on this oc
casion—How unjust their clamour—
But now they have not this once phu
fible pretence to urge in favour of Mr.
Langdon, And for myfelf I must con
fefs, I have not the sagacity to difenver -
where this peculiar merit lies, which is to
entitle him to your favour.
: Why then, my friends, Shall wenot
continue inoffice,worthy and good men,
who are prompt in their duty, and fo
licrtous to promote the public welfare ?
Why should we not continue to reward
their services and their virtues, by fti'll'
bellowing upom them our fuffrages?
Haye these men done any wrong ?
Have they offended any unjustly?
Haye they infringed the Caeftitution ?
Have they betrayed their trust? If
not, whf will you inffid the fevered of
all punishments that can be infliftedup^
on men in public office, that of bejug
difgracefully left out, and jif^rded
from public esteem arid confidence. If
this puniffiment s not merited, ir is to
your disgrace to inflift it. - A disgrace
which I am willing to believe you will
never incur. No 1 I think you will
not. Your good sense, your justice,
your gratitude will continue to in
fluence you to re-elec? to office Gov-
Gilman and those who have been
abused with him —you will ele& them
as the fareft way to prtferve law, order
and every happiness a free government
ran bellow ; and in doing this you may
fay, and truly too, wr eleft these men be
cause we love our country. FABIUS.
accuracy of this statement we have the
authority of the Secretary of the Trea
'?''* And here let it be remembered
.that the fydem, by which our Treafu-
I ry is supplied, with all its machinery,
% is the work of former administrations,
land that no arrangements of the pre-
I sent have brought ify if one Jingle Cent
I from all this it fully appears that to
I enable u to account for the amount of
1 public debt paid off, in the course of the
, last year, and for. .the amount of Specie
i now on hand, Subject to the dilpofal of
! Congtefs, we have no occasion to resort
l^to any uncommon exercise of economy,
I fin the piefent ruling powers.
j I have, however, no with to deprive
I them 6f any merit, to which they are
justly entitled. Let us then examine the
principal reductions they have made in
- our public expenditure:, and enquire
into the m^ans, by. winch they have
been enabled to efFeiß them.'
In c.onfequence of our treaty with the
French Republic, that terminated the
Bate of informal war, into which we had
been forced by the unprovoked depre
dations of that nation on our com
merce,pur naval and military war §ftab
lifhments were reduced by the last
Congress —1 he prefect.therefore can
plaim norther merit from this reduc
tion than that the individuals, who
were members of ft, concurred in the
mealurp. ThcredcAion cf the Il&iding
army of the United States, I acknowl
edge to have been made by the erifting
Congress, with the concurrence how
ever of molt of the federal members. If,
therefore, they will allow to the former
administration the whole-merit of the
firft economical me ifure, I have no ob.
jedion to their taking to their own ac
count that of the Second. Let us now
enquire into the amount of the faring
resulting from it. According to the
estimate of the Secretary of War, it is
about 4oo,oopdls. per anti.' Burit most
be observed that this 'is.the difference
between the expence-of the fotraer ts
, tablifhment © it exited on paper and the
present as it actually funds. The real
difference is, if I do not miftCTembe r ,
less than half that sum. But Lwili be
liberal and give them credit tor the
whole. I must however be allowed to
enquire fby what means they became
able to make this reduction of our mil
itary eftabliihment. The answer is rea
dy. The ability was derived fi om the
ufefwhich the former administrations
had made of it, whereby «on^ lavage
neighbors were made sensible of our
power and out;fpirit—and by that wif
dom,jrillice, moderation and good faith
exercised towards, them, which con
vinced them that we were their friends
—and which, by removing their jealou
sies, in a great measure soothed their
ferocity, and subdued their,entity.-
The present establishment is barely Ef
ficient for our present: exigencies ; and
should the, hostile difpohtions .on the
part of the Indians, now so happily dor
mant, be again exerted into a^ian, it
must receive a proportional augmenta
tion, all the vaunted economy of the
present ruling powers of the nation
notwithstanding."
To this sum of 400,000 dollars are to he add
ed about 29,000 more; saved by what a great
majority,of, the best informed men in the coun
try believe to be ekher an uncanfatutional or an
inexpedient repeal of a judiciary system much
bet terxalculated for adm-imiflering federal justice
than the present—the falarics of two ministers
at foreign courts recalled as no longer necessary
—-the emolument, of a few infpcaors of the
revenue, which office has been' abolished — and
fame other items of small amount. The aggre
gate may be 100,000 dlls, making in the whole
about halfa million of dollars per annum. This
however, is on a very liberal calculation—and
the actual reduction of the current expences of
the national government is believed to fall coh
fiderably short of this sum, notwithstanding any
statements you may have seen, which n ake it
more than double.
But have these gentlemen, who arrogate to
themselves so mu§b nierit, extended - their econo
mizing system to themselves and their friends
in office ? Have they begun their reform, where
all reforms ought to begin, at home? After
having made, or excited so much clamor against
the extravagant Salaries, wages, and emoluments
of the public servants, established under the ad
ministration of Washington, have they re
duced them ! Nothing like, Sir—you may be
assured. I correct myfelf, however—-The pre
sent Congress, have provided by law, that if
the , emoluments of a colle^or 6f any of our
poi ts, after deducing all expences, ihall exceed
the moderate sum of 5,c00,. dollars per annun,
he mail account for the remainJer—thofe ,of the
naval officers are reftrided in like manner to,
3,500, and those of the Surveyors to 3000 —A
proportion made in the house of representatives
last winter for reducing the daily pay of the
members threw the whole house into the most
violent agitation; the federal party supporting,
and the democratic opposing the motion—and
the honorable author of it thereby rendered
himfclf odious in the eyes of one part of it, and
contemptible in those of the other..
Further — Some time in the year 1,98, if I
mistake not, in corifideration of the advanced
expences of living, occasioned by the war., that
was desolating all other quarters of the world,
Congress passed an a& to augment the friaries
of the officers in the various departments im
mediately under the Executive, which met the
pointed opposition of the democratic part of both
houses—particularly of -Mr. Gallatin, who
w^sthen a member. This ad having expired
in th, course of the last session was revived and
continued io force for the term of two years; at
the expiration of which time, I have no doubt
it wilt be repeated and made perpetual. Now
I do not fay that, this is not all right-On the
contrary, I believe' it is. I onl, mean to fnew
that thefe,gentlemen are very careful that their
economy shall not affect either themselves or
their friends. The President, from whose pen
the word ECONOMY seems to drop spontane
ously whenever he puts it to paper, aflually re,
ceives above 3,360 dollars.per annum more san
From the Hanwver Gazette.
MR. DAVIS,
PERMIT me, thro' the medium of
the Dartmouth Gazette, to ad
dress a few observations to the inde
pendent e'e&ors pf Cheshire and Graf
ton counties. 1 The writer of this, is by
no means disposed to prescribe opin
rions to any one. He equally' despises
the spirit that can dictate,and the mean
ness which will submit tojt. Yet this
is a time requiring our united counsels,
activity, and energy— a time when
those. who enjoy a free Constitution
should look well to its support ; and
when be bbat thrustb he ftandetb,foould
take ted left he fall. No good foldieF
will rest on his arms, w hen his enemies
are in array before him, breathing out
threatening and daughter. On every
fide of us, we may behold the efforts of
a restless, indefatigable spirit, at work
to overthrow our State and National >
Conftittitions. Our wisest and best men
are abused and vilified. Patriots, who
have hazarded every thing for our fafe
ty, who have felt xh^thruft of cold lead
and iron in the public service, are point
ed out to the community as old Tortes,
Monarchies, Aristocrats, Public Defrau
ders ! —fellow Citizens, do you believe
this ! Look at the papers devoted to the
Admittration ; fee the calumny invent
ed and uttered against Adams, Pinck-.
ney, Pickering, Jay, $ Ellsworth, and
others ! For the honour of our country,
it was.hofred that one man might es
cape the malice of Jacohinifm, and the
poifonbus breath of gander. But even
that hope was, a vain one. Even
Washington, has been assaulted with
the epithets of old traitor, hoary-headed
incendiary, and ruffian murderer! and
this by the Officers and supporters of
the present adminftration !!
Fellow Citizens, can you applaud a
Government that countenances such
things ! Can you esteem the mat;, who,
high in office, not only looks with com
placency on the victims of slander, in
famy, and falfehood, but can, with his
own liand, reward the assassin who does
the murderous deed !—-Such are the
times on which we are fallen—fuch the
evils entailed on us by our too easy ac
quiescence in the stories and falfehoods
of intriguing men—and such are the
evils which will overwhelm this State,
if the designs against her are faffered 10
be executed.,
. Nro-Hampfhirc, to her hoqor, has
hitherto kept her hands white from the
iniquity of Jacobinifm. Her conduct,
as,a component part of the Nation,has
been uniformly directed by an inviola
ble attachment to Union and the Confix
tution. To the calumniator of Wa&
either of the former, excepting for one yw,
which sum & they had to pay for houfe-rer^
while he enfoys his house rent-free. The cor
tingent expenses of the last session of Congress
much exceeded those of any preceding it, in pro
portion to its length ; and those of the present
will probably be as great.
Where then, talk, are we to find examples
of that extraordinary economy, on which the Pre
sident and his friends found their principal claim
to the confidence and patronage of the public ;
and ^hleh alone can prove them to be eminent
ly the friends of the people ? I do boldly assert
tha t it has no cxiftence, and consequently that
these examples will be foughfin vain; except
perhaps a folinry one may be cited in the pof.-
and-rait fence which encloses the President's
house in this city; and which really has mucK
more of the appearance of a severe burlesque on
pretended economy than of that real economy,
which occupies the MEAN between extrava
gance a%d parfinrpny. To balance this folitar,
example, permit me to mention the President's
favorite plan of conftruaing a dry dock, in this
place, at the expence, per estimate, of nearly'
half a million of dollars, but which fomc of his
heft friends have laid would coftdouble that
sum—and this as a mere experiment to deter
mine whether ships of war,Jaid up dryland
covered from the Fays of the foo, would not last
as long as articles of household furniture con
ftruaed of the fame, materials. Had this pre
position come from the most refp&ftable mem
ber* on the federal fide of rhe house, it would
ha,e been.treated with derifiom and contempt;
f r( in which, indeed, the r efpea juflly due to the
Chief Magiftrace of the Union, did but barely
lave it. I could, were lat liberty, mention a
nother vifionaty project ol dur tconomiziUgPfc^
tident, for which an appropriation has been call
ed for, but which is wifely guarded by the seal
of secrecy.
But arc not ohr ordinary expenditures much
diminished, you may enquire? I answer, yes
juft as a e thole of a mab, who has fettled half
his fobs and portioned off half his daughters '
or those of a farmer, who has got 'his lands well
brought to—bis ' fields, meadeTs and pastures
euclolcd with fubfiaptial Ilene walls-—and the
buddings of various kinds, necessary for his ac
commodation, creSed and finished. The cb
jedls of public expenditure are n:uch reduced in
number. Our ports, harbours and weftern posts
are tolerably well fortified —our navy-yards are
purchased and hi part conftruaed -our milita
ry arsenals are .established and furnilbed with
all the arms, flares and other ordinary appara
tus of war—-our crafhand the entrance of our'
harbours arc rendered fafe to navigators by the'
erection of numerous I'gkt houses, and f ovifion'
made for the protectloti of our commerce on the
high seas by. the, creation of a navy. These
wor'rs are honorable monuments of the wisdom,
patriotiAri and energy of the former afmmiftra
tidnft of adminifccions, to whose liberal and
enlightened policy the present is solely indebted
for the very means of exhibiting the bare ap*
peamee. ofca friivelling economy.:; for that it has
any, re^l ellfen ce,/ franf&ding the degree in
which it haahcretbfore been pradtifed in our pub
lic expenditures, 1 boldly challenge the world to
demoriftrate
My opinion, of the charkder end official con
dn& of Mr. Jefferson, 1 shall ' reserve for my
next.iln the mean time I beg you will confide
er. with ybur, ufuat candor, the ideas I have
thrown out in this and believe me to be
with real efleem;
Your friend and fervent, .v
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