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poem: subject would be. investignt'ed with
public, also, has its moments of uneasiness '
as well as satisfaction, of, gloom as well as ]
i gaiety lt sometimes indulgcs without rea
son, and sometimes censurea with iniimice. ,
' It is sometimes satisfied with much less
thashit ought tosirequire, and sometimes de- 'si
monds-muchssnmre than it has a night to ex
-si pect. —
Men.-in power- ean give no better evidence
of integrity than the cool and inﬂexible pur- :
' suit of a course which tends to deprive si
;.them of power. Men in the lull posseSSion
sirssof popularity cannot more clearly evince
ipm'ity of ssssmotive than by sithe suP-port of
{- messurctes which destroy that populzricy.- ,
si—* And yet this course may be taken from
si eccentricity, from disappointment, from
xdeaperationsi. The massfiof mankind, hOW- _
ever, are in general candid enough to judge
by general rules. When a man acts against
. his own interest in a particular point-, and
acts h'osinqr'ably and sensib'ly In his general
conduct, it will be believed that he' is an
honest man rating-Than a knave or a fool.
4 Psseffect knowledge of? the subject.; and had
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. .: situation as to render !: prohable that the
'- those to whomhe is" hddressiisingffimself'may
'- — . .si_
regard him,-si'tfsissthe texpressxon be- & prayer -
one, as the very parogon ofctdullness. silk-"he _
information which he may have it in his
power to communicate, or the arguments
which he may be able to urge,- will be at
tecded withsi'atleast some ctsissimall degree "0? 4
inﬂuence "upon the public'mind,'—it=is beyond
all do'uht' his interest, and it would seem to
be his "duty, to convincethesi public that the *
course he is pursuing results from no sinis
ter viewsf butis dictated by purity of prin
ciple. * Mankind are at all times sufficientlyx
jealous of'those whosiproscss to be able to
L enlighten them. * 'lndividuals may'ncsiknbw
, ledge themselves in the dark, but the sipublicct
i will never descend to : Confession, so humi
liating. ss' The public mind, in the estimn- '
tion of the mass of individual: who consti
tute " The Public,' ' "is always luminous as
1 well as comprehe nsive. Pretensions to an (
'odioua colorss-of derep'tion and villainy ;'
.Lu
i assumed ;: greater resfiþmctibz'lity tn relation
to it than the writer of these letters. ' "
Whenessvet an indiyidual' is placed in sinuch
ipure views; "and when it rends the-trunk
from 'succeszfufsiss hypocrisy, and displays- -
&.
.it vindicates a few-siceders from a great
T
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si * siss Tsse the People ty:- the (hated-states.
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ssunder circdmscances of :: peculiar chamcter.
'The power: ofthe human mihd,ho\re7er
boundless in the aggregnsite, are emremelsi
limited-intevery'individual, except—the fe-w,
the very few, upon whom the? Sun ;ofiGe
nius has darted its most vivisifying beams.
A man'mny fame;/'that hect-is "conveying this
the course" of argument which shall ben—
doptZd to prove the purity of heart with
which-a'ii-thi'assissi done, cannot be toosscsilea-r
ideas-to others with great" clearness,- when :
party from the charge of hsinssvictng— abandoned
their old connexions from itnþroperan'd im
men hitherto venerated for gatriotism in the
great rssaþisidisityct Was unre'aaonabssle in the ex
treme. And it ought not to have been enter
tained, except by those who had a more
When the information communicated tends
to criminate thosesi with whom "the ctauthop
has been p'olitically "associnted , when it re
proaches those to whose 'policy he has him
self been devoted ; whcnssit details his own
politicel experience: and convictions. ;fwhen
triotism, are, also, and justly too, suspici
ous.siand suspected. lna're'publicnn' go
vernment,- how,-ver, all have equal rights,
and tt'is no leSs ass rightsi than a duty to
communicate to others information which
may have been obtainedhsiy an' individual
extraordinary portion of the spirit of Pan"
Letter: upon Erench lnﬂuence
No. vmsssi, ssctss. si,
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'The *-*si- repahfiaan minoritysi asisis tghas been "'A.
{died, has bad innumerable dificuitlet 9 s
encmmter. White their did assotiiates re-si
l'jirsiailcized and denoanced them for abandaa- ;
ing their pactrty iei particular mstssansie'cs, their
painted opponentueproached & dssenaaaced
them (or not alaaudottiag their party in ali
things, and for not aanvmcmg the peopie ss
that their bid coanessssxions sisiwere traitors arsiid
sithe slave! of a fussreign power. The good
aid maxim, est modu: in rebur, has been
laughed to scorn. You are in all things a
gain-et us if you are not in all change for us,
has beea the " Anathema" and the " Ma
ran-atha," with which the zeaiote of the
day have attempted the destruction of all
who wohid not subscribesita their dogmas.
And this madness quanyfar the gain qf a I
few has, well nigh ruined our country. The
idea of au Third Party, indeed, [! absurd & !
must be forever abandoned. But—the idea
of the existence of a class of men, 'meriting, '
in every point of view, the character of in
dependem & disinterestedpoliticians,sisishould
he cherishcd with delight, as to 'explade it
is to ssexplode freedom and the canstitution.
si-The men composssing thessrepublican mi
narity 'well know that they were in the "di
rect path to power. They were not so vain
as to believe that they could carry " The
People" with them in their retreat from the
administr'ation. On the one hand Wc re the
lanes and fishes on the other o'a laqu; , de
nunciation, popular contempt. she)- took
the ccsizursc which duty painte d out, and
Whatever they may suffer from the present
to their memory.
These remarks have been deemed proper
as introddttorctv to the dechopunent of po
iitical scenes us peculiar delicacy. A Poli
tical informer is an odious character. The
boy who tells tales out of school is always
despise-(l. "To bring into public view sithe
mare pcccadilloea ot one's party wouid cer
tasiinly be\veryctcontemptible. si'But to pub
lish secret machinations which tend to the
destruction of the character and honor, if
not the independence of the country, ought
not to be considered as Otherwise than ho
ncn'zble.
'Appendcd to this letter is the confidential
letter-of PresidentssJt—sserson to Congress, of
the 6th of December, 1805. Some publi
city was some yeari'ufhcegiven to it, by a
writer 'itt Tit- fþsitguircr; who cei'te'd'himsel t'
" ctDecius." It is necessary "that it should
now be read and reﬂected on as the founda
lowing confidentiztl message-was seecived
during the siprecedingct-war,ctby— persons un- .
der the authority or - Spain,":tress suffici'ently
known to all. Z-Thsiescsi'made itsi-a'duty to" re
quire troctm that-government indcmnisicatision ,
for out injþred'citizens. 2 \A confention'was
accordingly entered intosibetween the minis
er'of the United States'set Madrssid, and the
minister of that. government for' foreignsi af
fairs,"!iysi'whieh it was agreed that spcsiilia
tiens committed by Spanish subjects, and
"carried into poets of Spain, should be paid
for by that nation, and that those cotnm'it- ,
ted by French subjects & e'atried into Spa
nish parts, should remain for further dis
cussion. Before this convention was re
turned to Spain with our ratification, the
transfcr of Louisiana by France to the U.
Statestook piace: an even: as unexpected
as disagreeable to Spaiu. From that mo
ment she seemed to change her cOnduct and
dispositiontowards. us. It was first mani
festcd by her.protestss against the right of
France to alienate Louisiana to us, which,
however, was-soon retracted. and the right
confirmed; Then highsiossence was mani—
fested siatssxhcteact of Congress establishing a
eollectionssilisiltrict on the Mobile, although
by an authentic declaration, immediately
from the presxdem :
mitted on the Commerce 'of the U. Statcs
tion-of St-a'temeots which -arect.<siossoa to fol-i si
low.
made, it! In expressly confined to our ate-,.
generation,'Posterity will not do injusticc
" " The deprcdations which had been com- -
On the Gth of December; 180557 thesi'foi-sisi
APPENDIXss siNoJ 1.
"v.
siafzsizisixssiageass nium {and, she him um,;
sisiratisyf gh: ccmsszemiC-n signrd bysi hssfsir (sissssct
ct_p_15(;rsi_undersisisissthe'e.3-gct=bfsicthssis scssnfrcrcigsi5 ss
'les'ssi We would kþofrssssicm' 'co :xlttrmivoug-sssigss
irrrmsf_ri_hirhss'si,ryþzrlc} have aﬀected our Lffiss
siigz'zsiZQStss-hcr, 'sess'zr spdiacions by French ss.
jcsiccssi'cvarr-iiqdimoSpanish post. __ _
_ " To obtniu'justicr,si as Well as "20 "If!
fsictsiggffiþ; I thought a special miswctsi si
vis'abje, and accordingly "appointed N.
Lionroe-simiuiucr extraordinary and [92
poiemiary, to repair 'to 'Masidr'id, as.
conjunctionlwith our-minister residcnu
(to endeavor'iw procure th'-:: ratificatsiioq
che former convsiemion and tcto come to
'unsidcrscanding with Spain, as to the
dzries of Louisiana- It appeared at
that her policy was to rescrvc heads
ss events, and,. in the mean time to keep
ss—diﬀcresinces in ansi undetermined state.
will'besievidcnt from the papzctrs now
municaccd to you. After nearly Ere we .
of sruiclcss endeavor to bring-them to W
dcsiuice and satisfactory result, our hind.
ters ended the conference-s without lmf
bccn able to obtain i'ndcmnity for spoliaum
as any descriptionctor any satisfaction ;,
to the bouudarics or Louisiana, Other than
'a declaration that we had no r'zghis rastmsi-d
ofthc Ibcrvillc, and that our line; to (&
West was one which would thc le}; 11sz
9. string osland on that bapk of the river
Missisaippi. Our injurcd citichs wan
thus lest wic'chucsigny prospecc of retribuxiosi
"The conduct oÞFrance. and the: ;?"siss
she may take in the misundcrstandiugs
twecnsithe United Statesand Spain, arc is
sirmportant "to bsi: unconaidcrcd. Sir-si- &
prompt and dchdtd in her deciamcionssifi-si
otxrtlc'mands on.'Zpain sterf—"reach spssiiil'
itions, carried intdsiZpanish 'ports, were i-si'
cht'ded'in 'thc settlcme'nt ssbctwecnctthc U
ct-Ztat'sie3 and France; "She took at (made
groundnhat sishc had-acquired no right fro?
=Ssspaingan'd had meant to deliver "us H'Jsi'"
eastward of the I'he'rvilic ; her silencc 35"
thewsieatern boundary leaving us toinsd?
the opinion might be against Spain in tis
quarter. Whatever direction she mis'si'
mean to give these differ-ences," it si'do'fs "si
appear that" she has contemplatesid' sithc'lsPﬄ'
ceeding tcr'actuai 'rupturc, or that at i
fd'ace' bfsiour last adviccs' from Paris hcs Gss
vbssrssnssmefntihad any suspicions ol the bow
attitude Spainsihad taken-here. On the
trary we have rea's'On to'bciieve (hat ;
(France) was diSposed to csscct a ""
ment on a plan analogogs to what OU' "si
nistcrs had proposcdfissf and so compsct'ct
from the Monk; dOer, and as to bouudan,
each party was to take its own course. sh:
which they have chosen to pursue will 39.
pear from the documents now communic
cd. 77le aut/zarise t/ze :) se; euce t/mctt :!
Zhsi-ir intention to adva are on aurþasaessisr
unt: 'tl'ey shall be rt'ctbresseu' by an 412'725)?
force. Consideriug that (angzeas (l./our
c'onslitutiaszally bzoestcd—wz'J/z the power
changing our condition stom pear- to w:
I have thought it my duty to aw li'. th':
authority suX' using force in any dcgﬂ'
which could be avoided. l have barely in
structed the officers stationed in the neigh
borhood of the aggress'ions, to protect e;
citizens from violence, to patrnic ta'rctfiiazi
borders actually delivered to us, and not:.
go ouc of them, but when necessary to re
pel an inroad, or to rescue a citichorﬀ
property :- and the Spanish remaining a'
New Orleans are required to depart 'wvh
out further delay, it ought to be had
here that since the late change-95 in the am:
of assuirs in Europe, Spain, has orders-l- 11:
cruizcrs and. courtssi to respect out her
with her.
. si . 5
swe as to remove as far as Posssiblct (1
ground of future coiiision and cuntsOVct'ct'
nous.
* Coalition ;betwccn Austria,
Great Britain, it is prcsumed. _ ,,
'1' Leaving Mr. Talleyrand " to inch: .
it would aﬀord him a second glorious 00
of dipping his hands into our pockcls
. : Our ministers had proposed to skfl'
'our claims to compensation for the fill"
ing of merighfsifaf-aeposic at N. Orleanfi
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