Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-11-01

sion. The truth however, was thus:
Your letters FROM Madrid. in 1905. ex-
pressed you anxisus wish * intent,,.n t. cnnc
h1me ON your return To LONDON. My,cx.
IRENE wish was that yol should. remain
there, and l hoped by not being in a hur~
ry to answer that manifestation of our de.
sire, time might produce change in your
mind. But "a soon as il WAS known Curing
the session of lS05-6) that yourself and
Mr.. Madison, were both contemplated as
candidates for the succession to the presi-
dency, 1 became apprehensve by declin-
ing longer to assent to your return, might
be suspected of a partial design to keep
you out OF the way. This produc I'd the ac-
iquiescence in your desire to come home,
which then took place, and the commission
to Mr.. Pipkney TO succeed you whenever
you should determine to come and these
motives clearly show themselves in my let
ter of March 49, which says, shall Join
Mr.. Pinkney, of Maryland, as your associ-
ate for settling our differences with Great
Britain. He will be authorised to take
your place whenever you think yourself o.
bliged to return. Ii Is desirable for your
ozvn, as well as the hubHc interest that you
should join in the settlement. ofthis business,
and am perfectly satisfied that ifths C IN
be done SO as to be here before the merit
meeting Of Congress, il will be greatly for
lyour benefit. But do not mean by this 10
ouerute your ogvn defcrminat IN, q {. c the,
to stay or come honey which me ssu; es To be
taken here will place in perfect freedom
Here you will perceive how much / wish.
ed your aid in the JOINT comm s.ion, aad
that your longer continuance there could
not bur, in itself, be desirable, but that I
did not ask it from an apprehension that
your return before the next Congress might
ne important to your higher interests.
consider II now as great misfortune
that my letter of March 16, did not go on
TO you. 1t would trust, have corrected
the differences OF a change in my affections
towards you, drawn from combination of
circumstances, which circumstances were
produced from very different Causes, and
some of them from the strength of those
very affections of which you thought that
they noted a diminusion, desire to conform
your movements ia point of time, to what
l deemed your bes, interes.s have gone
thus infinitely into these details from de-
sire to eradicate from your mind every f.
bre o. doubt as to my sentiments towards
you; and am persuaded they will salts
factorily solve every Circumstance which
might at any time have occas'oned doubt.
have done 1t too, the more cordially. be-
cause perceive from your letter that dis
position to a correct view of the subiec,
which | knew to be inherent in your mind
What have hitherto said has been con.
hned to my own part only of these trans.
actions. Yet it would be criminal sup
preston OF truth were not to add that in
the whole course of them, Mr.. Madison ha.
appeared to be governed by the most cor
dial friendship for you, has manifested or
every occasion the most attentive concern
/ for whatever might befrend your fame OF
! fortune, and been as much alive to whate.
yer regarded you, as a brother could have
been.
salute You with great and unchanged
affections.-A Copy.
(SIgned) TIL: JEFFERSON.