| | 41 | Author: | Chirol
Valentine
Sir
1852-1929 | Add | | | Title: | The Egyptian Problem  | | | | Published: | 2003 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Modern English collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | It is little more than a century since Egypt emerged
into modern history from the inglorious obscurity into
which she had sunk after Selim the Conqueror incorporated
her in 1517 into the dominions of the then mighty
Ottoman Empire, and Europe, having discovered new
trade routes to the Orient, ceased to take the slightest
interest in her fate. Nor did she then emerge from that
long obscurity by any effort of her own. She was violently
dragged out of it by the vast ambitions of two great
soldiers of fortune, neither of them of Asiatic or of African
but both of European stock, and both born, by a curious
coincidence, in the same year, 1769, in different parts of
the Mediterranean—the Corsican Napoleon Bonaparte
and the Albanian Mehemet Ali. Napoleon was prompt to
realise that in the great duel which had commenced
between France and Britain the most vulnerable part of
the British Empire was to be sought in the East, and that
Egypt provided the best strategic base for threatening the
great dependency we were building up in India, and
perhaps driving us out of it as we had not so long before
ourselves driven out the French. Mehemet Ali, who landed
in Egypt during the great upheaval produced by the French
invasion and in the very bay of Aboukir in which Nelson's
great victory of the Nile had doomed Napoleon's enterprise
to ultimate failure, realised in turn that, in the
steady disintegration of the Ottoman Empire, Egypt
offered a rich and fertile field of incalculable potentialities
to his masterful genius. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 42 | Author: | Clemons
Harry
1879-1968 | Add | | | Title: | [Manuscript notes for] The University of Virginia Library, 1825-1950 | | | | Published: | 2003 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Modern English collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | The references are to pages in the typewritten text. The numbers
within parentheses, however, refer to the numbered notes, not to
pages. We have as yet no library nor consequently
employment for a librarian, and [when] we need
one we propose a compensation of 50. D. a year
only, counting that some one of the professors
will undertake it for that. the fact is also
that a librarian must ever be a man of a high
order of science and able to give to enquirers
an account of the character and contents of the
several books under his care. be pleased to
accept the assurance of my great esteem &respect. You are hereby appointed Librarian to
the University of Virginia, with a compensation
of 150.D a year to be paid by the Proctor from
the funds of the University. an important part
of your charge will be to keep the books in a
state of sound preservation, undefaced and free
from injury by moisture or other accident, and
in their stated arrangement on the shelves
according to the method and order of their Catalogue.
your other general duties and rules of
conduct are prescribed in the printed collection
of the enactments of the Board of Visitors, of
these rules the Board will expect the strictest
observance on your own part and that you use the
utmost care &vigilance that they be strictly
observed by others. Given under my hand this
30th day of Mar. 1825. The office of Librarian to the University
of Virginia having become vacant by the resignation
of mr Kean, and the authority of ultimate
appointment being in the Board of Visitors, it
becomes necessary in the meantime to place the
library under the temporary care of some one;
you are therefore hereby appointed to take
charge thereof until the Visitors shall make
their final appointment. you will be entitled
to a compensation at the rate of 150. D. a
year to be paid by the Proctor from the funds
of the University. I received this moment a copy of the resolution of the Faculty
`instructing the Librarian to report the measures taken by him to save the
most valuable portions of the contents of the Library from the fire on
October 27th.' The committee appointed to prepare a paper with reference to
the death of our esteemed brother, William Wertenbaker, presented
the following, which was approved and ordered to be recorded. To the Board of Visitors
of the University of Virginia, "In regard to the application of certain students for the
use of the Library room on Monday morning and Tuesday night
of next week for dancing purposes, the Faculty, in view of
the very serious interruption to the work of the Librarian
and Secretary of the Faculty, and to the filling up of the
Diplomas of the various Professors, which was caused last
year by a similar use of the only apartment in which these
important duties of the Librarian and Faculty can be properly
attended to, unanimously recommend that the request be not
granted, should the application be made to the Board." | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 43 | Author: | Madison
James
1751-1836 | Add | | | Title: | The Writings of James Madison | | | | Published: | 2003 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Modern English collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | Dear Sir,—Your letter of the 11th was duly recd.
and I should have given it a less tardy answer, but
for a succession of particular demands on my attention,
and a wish to assist my recollections, by
consulting both Manuscript & printed sources of
information on the subjects of your enquiry. Of
these, however, I have not been able to avail myself
but very partially. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 45 | Author: | unknown | Add | | | Title: | Annals of Henrico Parish | | | | Published: | 2003 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Modern English collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | The picturesque ruins of Jamestown mark the beginning
of the Church in Virginia, in 1607. The history of Henrico
Parish begins with the second established settlement in
the colony. During the interregnum between the governorships
of Lord De la War and Sir Thomas Gates, Sir Thomas
Dale had acted as regent under the title of High Marshall of
Virginia. On the arrival of Gates, Dale, by agreement, took
advantage of the opportunity to carry out the cherished project
of founding for himself a settlement. In the early part
of September, 1611, at the head of 350 men, chiefly German
laborers, he pushed up the river. He founded Henricopolis
on the peninsula now insulated by Dutch Gap canal. Dale
was almost a religious fanatic. He had named his new city
in honor of Prince Henry, the eldest son of James I. After
this prince's sudden death, Dale writes: "My glorious master
is gone, that would have enamelled with his favors the
labors I undertake for God's cause and his immortal honor.
He was the great captain of our Israel; the hope to have
builded up this heavenly new Jerusalem be interred, I think;
the whole frame of this business fell into his grave." To the Vestry of St. John's Episcopal Church, Richmond,
Va.: The following is the report of the committee: To the Friends of Old St. John's Church, Richmond, Va.: " `Sir,—I should, with great pleasure, oblige the Vestry,
and particularly yourself, in granting them an acre to build
their Church upon, but there are so many roads already
through that land, that the damage to me would be great to
have another of a mile long cut through it. I shall be very
glad if you would please to think Richmond a proper place,
and considering the great number of people that live below
it, and would pay their devotions there, that would not care
to go so much higher, I can't but think it would be agreeable
to most of the people; and if they will agree to have it there,
I will give them two of the best lots, that are not taken up,
and besides give them any pine timber they can find on that
side of Shockoe Creek, and wood for burning of bricks into
the bargain. I hope the Gent. of the Vestry will believe me a
friend to the Church when I make them the offer, and that
I am both theirs, sir, and, "I fhould, with great pleafure, oblige the Veftry, and
particularly your felf, in granting them an Acre to build their
Church upon, but there are fo many roads already through
that Land, that the Damage to me would be too great to have
another of a mile long cut thro' it. I fhould be very glad if
you would pleafe to think Richmond a proper place, and
confidering the great number of people that live below it, and
would pay their Devotions there, that would not care to go
fo much higher, I can't but think it would be agreeable to
moft of the people, and if they will agree to have it there, I
will give them two of the beft lots, that are not taken up, and
befides give them any Pine Timber they can find on that
Side Shockoe Creek, and Wood for burning of Bricks into the
bargain. I hope the Gent. of the Veftry will believe me a
Friend to the Church when I make them the Offer, and that
I am both theirs, | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 48 | Author: | Washington
Booker T.
1856-1915 | Add | | | Title: | The Story of the Negro | | | | Published: | 2003 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Modern English collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | RAN away, on the 6th of July last, from the subscriber, living in Bond's
forest, within eight miles of Joppa, in Baltimore County, an Irish
Servant Man, named Owen M'Carty, about 45 years old, 5 feet 8 inches
high, of a swarthy complexion, has long black hair, which is growing a
little grey, and a remarkable scar under the right eye. He had on and
took with him when he went away, a short brown coat, made of country
manufactured cloth, lined with red flannel, with metal buttons, oznabrigs
trowsers patched on both knees, a white shirt, an old pair of shoes, and an
old felt hat. He was a soldier in some part of America about the time of
Braddock's defeat, and can give a good description of the country. Whoever
takes up the said Servant and brings him to Alexander Cowan, or
John Clayton, Merchants, in Joppa, or to the subscriber, if he is taken in
the County, shall receive FIVE POUNDS, and if out of the County, the above-mentioned
TEN POUNDS, as a reward and consideration for his trouble
and expense. Barnard Reilly. Miss Varina: I have watched with deep interest and solicitude
the illness of Mr. Davis at Brierfield, his trip down on the steamer
Leathers, and your meeting and returning with him to the residence
of Mr. Payne, in New Orleans; and I had hoped with good
nursing and superior medical skill, together with his great willpower
to sustain him, he will recover. But, alas! for human endeavour,
an over-ruling Providence has willed it otherwise. I
appreciate your great loss, and my heart goes out to you in this
hour of your deepest affliction. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 49 | Author: | Washington
Booker T.
1856-1915 | Add | | | Title: | The Story of the Negro | | | | Published: | 2003 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Modern English collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | To all and every our right worshipful and loving Brethren, we,
Thomas Howard, Earl of Effingham, Lord Howard, etc., etc.,
acting Grand Master under the authority of His Royal Highness,
Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland, etc., etc., Grand Master
of the Most Ancient and Honourable Society of Free and Accepted
Masons, send greeting: | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 50 | Author: | Washington
Booker T.
1856-1915 | Add | | | Title: | The Future of the American Negro | | | | Published: | 2003 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Modern English collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | In this volume I shall not attempt to
give the origin and history of the Negro
race either in Africa or in America.
My attempt is to deal only with conditions
that now exist and bear a relation
to the Negro in America and that are
likely to exist in the future. In discussing
the Negro, it is always to be borne
in mind that, unlike all the other inhabitants
of America, he came here without
his own consent; in fact, was compelled
to leave his own country and
become a part of another through physical
force. It should also be borne in
mind, in our efforts to change and improve
the present condition of the Negro,
that we are dealing with a race which
had little necessity to labour in its native
country. After being brought to
America, the Negroes were forced to
labour for about 250 years under circumstances
which were calculated not to
inspire them with love and respect for
labour. This constitutes a part of the
reason why I insist that it is necessary
to emphasise the matter of industrial
education as a means of giving the
black man the foundation of a civilisation
upon which he will grow and
prosper. When I speak of industrial
education, however, I wish it always
understood that I mean, as did General
Armstrong, the founder of the Hampton
Institute, for thorough academic
and religious training to go side by
side with industrial training. Mere
training of the hand without the culture
of brain and heart would mean
little. "The closing exercises of the city
coloured public school were held at St.
Luke's A. M. E. Church last night, and
were witnessed by a large gathering, including
many white. The recitations
by the pupils were excellent, and the
music was also an interesting feature.
Rev. R. T. Pollard delivered the address,
which was quite an able one; and
the certificates were presented by Professor
T. L. McCoy, white, of the Sanford
Street School. The success of the
exercises reflects great credit on Professor
S. M. Murphy, the principal, who
enjoys a deservedly good reputation as
a capable and efficient educator." | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 51 | Author: | Adams
Henry
1838-1918 | Add | | | Title: | The Education of Henry Adams | | | | Published: | 2003 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Modern English collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | UNDER the shadow of Boston State House, turning its
back on the house of John Hancock, the little passage
called Hancock Avenue runs, or ran, from Beacon
Street, skirting the State House grounds, to Mount Vernon Street,
on the summit of Beacon Hill; and there, in the third house below
Mount Vernon Place, February 16, 1838, a child was born, and
christened later by his uncle, the minister of the First Church after
the tenets of Boston Unitarianism, as Henry Brooks Adams. Whether the Federal army is destroyed or not, it is clear that it
is driven back to Washington and has made no progress in subduing
the insurgent States. Such being the case, I agree with you that the
time is come for offering mediation to the United States Government
with a view to the recognition of the independence of the Confederates.
I agree further that in case of failure, we ought ourselves
to recognize the Southern States as an independent State. For the
purpose of taking so important a step, I think we must have a meeting
of the Cabinet. The 23d or 3Oth would suit me for the meeting. ...It is evident that a great conflict is taking place to the northwest
of Washington, and its issue must have a great effect on the state
of affairs. If the Federals sustain a great defeat, they may be at once
ready for mediation, and the iron should be struck while it is hot.
If, on the other hand, they should have the best of it, we may wait
a while and see what may follow... It is of the utmost importance and urgency that the ironclads building
at Birkenhead should not go to America to break the blockade.
They belong to Monsieur Bravay of Paris. If you will offer to buy
them on the part of the Admiralty you will get money's worth if he
accepts your offer; and if he does not, it will be presumptive proof
that they are already bought by the Confederates. I should state
that we have suggested to the Turkish Government to buy them;
but you can easily settle that matter with the Turks. . . . | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 54 | Author: | Turner
Frederick Jackson
1861-1932 | Add | | | Title: | The Frontier in American History | | | | Published: | 2003 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Modern English collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | In a recent bulletin of the Superintendent of the Census for
1890 appear these significant words: "Up to and including
1880 the country had a frontier of settlement, but at present
the unsettled area has been so broken into by isolated bodies
of settlement that there can hardly be said to be a frontier
line. In the discussion of its extent, its westward movement,
etc., it can not, therefore, any longer have a place in the census
reports." This brief official statement marks the closing
of a great historic movement. Up to our own day American
history has been in a large degree the history of the colonization
of the Great West. The existence of an area of free land,
its continuous recession, and the advance of American settlement
westward, explain American development. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 55 | Author: | Adams
Abigail
1744-1818 | Add | | | Title: | Letters of Mrs. Adams | | | | Published: | 2003 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Modern English collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | "When President Monroe was in Boston, upon.
his late tour, encompassed by citizens, surrounded
by the military, harassed by invitations
to parties, and applications innumerable
for office, some gentleman asked him if he was
not completely worn out? To which he replied,
'O no. A little flattery will support a man
through great fatigue.' I may apply the observation
to myself and say, that the flattery in
your letter leads me to break through the aversion,
which is daily increasing upon me, to
writing. The public papers, my dear friend, announce
the fatal event of which your letter of October
the 20th had given me ominous foreboding.
Tried myself in the school of affliction, by the
loss of every form of connexion which can rive
the human heart, I know well, and feel what
you have lost, what you have suffered, are
suffering, and have yet to endure. The same
trials have taught me, that for ills so immeasurable,
time and silence are the only medicine.
I will not therefore, by useless condolences, open
afresh the sluices of your grief, nor, although
mingling sincerely my tears with yours, will I
say a word more where words are vain; but
that it is of some comfort to us both, that the
term is not very distant, at which we are to
deposit in the same cerement our sorrows and
suffering bodies, and to ascend in essence to an
ecstatic meeting with the friends we have loved
and lost, and whom we shall still love and
never lose again. DOES not my friend think me a stupid girl, when
she has kindly offered to correspond with me, that
I should be so senseless as not to accept the offer?
Senseless and stupid I would confess myself, and
that to the greatest degree, if I did not foresee the
many advantages I shall receive from corresponding
with a lady of your known prudence and understanding. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 57 | Author: | Madison
James
1751-1836 | Add | | | Title: | The Writings of James Madison | | | | Published: | 2003 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Modern English collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | Since my letter of November 27th on the subject of
what had taken place at New Orleans, a letter has been received
from the Governor of Louisiana to Governor Claiborne,
in which it is stated that the measure of the Intendant was
without instructions from his Government, and admitted
that his own judgment did not concur with that of the Intendant.
You will find by the printed documents herewith
transmitted that the subject engaged the early and earnest
attention of the House of Representatives, and that all the
information relating to it, possessed by the Executive, prior
to the receipt of that letter, was reported in consequence of a
call for it. The letter itself has been added to that report;
but being confidentially communicated, it does not
appear in print: a translation of it however is herewith inclosed.
You will find also that the House has passed a resolution
explicitly declaring that the stipulated rights of the
United States on the Mississippi will be inviolably maintained.
The disposition of many members was to give to the resolution
a tone and complexion still stronger. To these proofs of
the sensation which has been produced, it is to be added, that
representations, expressing the peculiar sensibility of the
Western Country, are on the way from every quarter of it, to
the Government. There is in fact but one sentiment
throughout the union with respect to the duty of maintaining
our rights of navigation and boundary. The only existing
difference relates to the degree of patience which ought to
be exercised during the appeal to friendly modes of redress.
In this state of things it is to be presumed that the Spanish
Government will accelerate by every possible means, its interposition
for that purpose; and the President charges you to
urge the necessity of so doing with as much amicable decision
as you can employ. We are not without hopes, that the
Intendant will yield to the demands which have been made
on him, and to the advice which he will have received from
the Spanish Minister here. But it will be expected from the
justice and good faith of the Spanish Government, that its
precise orders to that effect will be forwarded by the quickest
conveyance possible. The President wishes also, that the
expedient suggested in the letter above referred to, for preventing
similar occurrences and delays, may also be duly
pressed on that ground. Dear Sir,—Since you left us we have no further intelligence from N.
Orleans, except a letter dated Jany 20 from the vice Consular agent
there, from which it appears that the letters to the Govr. & Intendant
from the Spanish Minister here, had arrived abt. the 13th., and had not on
the 20th., produced the desired change in the state of things. The delay
however does not seem to have been viewed by the Consul as any proof,
that the Intendant would not conform to the interposition. The idea
continued that he had taken measures without orders from his Govt.
There are letters (according to that from the Consul) for the Marquis
Yrujo now on the way by land. These will probably shew whether the
Intendant will yield or not. The despatch vessel which carried the
Marquis's letters is not yet returned. The detention of her beyond the
allotted time is favorably interpreted by him; on the presumption that
she waits for a satisfactory answer, which the pride of the Intendant
postpones as long as possible. If West Florida can alone be purchased, it is certainly worth attending
to; but in that case, making the river Iberville the boundary as
it was made in the treaty of 1762 between France and England, the
article should be so worded as to give us the whole channel of that river,
or at least to permit us to open it so as to render it navigable in all seasons.
At present the bed is 30 feet above low water mark for 15 miles
from the Mississippi to Amit river; but I have no doubt that a very
small opening would be widened & deepened afterwards by the river.
There is no obstruction, the whole being level and mud or sand. But
supposing even a portage there, the advantage of american houses settled
in a american port would soon give a preference over New Orleans
to that port. The seaport may be perhaps on the main between Pearl
& Pargacola rivers; but certainly on the Island called "Ship Island"
as through the passage between that & the next island there are more
than 20 feet water & good anchorage close to the shore which faces the
main. A frigate of 36 guns was seen there by E. Jones, (the first clerk
in my office who is brother of our late consul at New Orleans & lived ten
years with him in W. Florida) & it is the reason of its bearing that name.
Judge Bay says that there is another island, called Deer Island close to
the entrance of Lake Pontchartrain which affords the same advantages.
That Jones disbelieves; but the other is certain, and as it is about half
way between Mobile & the Lake; as the whole navigation between these
two places is locked in by the Islands & safe even for open boats &
canoes; that island would become the proper seaport for both rivers
Mississippi and Mobile; for you can bring but 9 feet up Mobile bay, 7
feet over the bar of Lake Pontchartrain & 15 over the bar at the mouth
of the Mississippi. It results from all that, that the possession of West
Florida, even without New Orleans island, is extremely inmportant, and
that if it can be obtained, it ought expressly to include all the islands
within twenty leagues or such distance as to include those which are
marked on the map.—Enclosed to James Monroe, 1 Mar. 1803—Mad.
MSS. Dear Sir You will receive with this all the communications claimed
by the actual & eventual posture of our affairs in the hands of yourself
& M.r Livingston. You will find also that the Spanish Govt. has pretty
promptly corrected the wrong done by its Officer at N. Orleans. This
event will be a heavy blow to the clamorous for war, and will be very
soothing to those immediately interested in the trade of the Missisipi.
The temper manifested by our Western Citizens has been throughout
the best that can be conceived. The real injury from the suspension of
the deposit was howr*
* Italics for cypher.
much lessened by the previous destruction of the
intire crop of wheat in Kentucky, by the number of sea vessels built on
the Ohio and by throngs of vessels from Atlantic ports to the Mississippi,
some of which ascended to the Matches. The permission also to supply
the market at N. O. & to ship the surplus as Spanish property to
Spanish ports, was turned to good account. The trial therefore has been
much alleviated. Certain it is that the hearts and hopes of the Western
people are strongly fixed on the Mississippi for the future boundary.
Should no improvement of existing rights be gained the disappointment
will be great. Still respect for principle & character, aversion to war &
taxes the hope of a speedy conjuncture more favorable, and attachment to
the present order of things will be persuasive exhortations to patience.
It is even a doubt with some of the best judges whether the deposit
alone would not be waved for a while rather than it should be the immediate
ground of war and an alliance with England. This suggested a
particular passage in the official letter now sent you & M.r L. Dear Sir I received your favor of by Mr. Hughes, the
bearer of the public despatches from you & Mr. L. The purchase of
Louisiana in its full extent, tho' not contemplated is received with
warm, & in a manner universal approbation. The uses to which it may
be turned, render it a truly noble acquisition. Under prudent management
it may be made to do much good as well as to prevent much evil.
By lessening the military establishment otherwise requisite or countenanced,
it will answer the double purpose of saving expence & favoring
liberty. This is a point of view in which the Treaty will be particularly
grateful to a most respectable description of our Citizens. It will be of
great importance also to take the regulation & settlement of that Territory
out of other hands, into those of the U.S. who will be able to manage
both for the general interest & conveniency. By securing also the
exclusive jurisdiction of the Mississippi to the mouth, a source of much
perplexity & collision is effectually cut off. Dear Sir Finding that Mr. Purveyance is within reach of a few
lines, I add them to what he is already charged with, to observe that
Yrujo has written another remonstrance agst. our acquisition of Louisiana,
alledging as a further objection that France by not obtaining the
stipulated acknowledgmets. of the King of Etruria from the Courts of
Petersburg & London had a defective title herself to the Cession. Nothing
can be more absurd than these cavils on the part of Spain, unless it
should be her using in support of them force agst. our taking possession.
This she will scarcely attempt, if not backed by France, wch. we hope is
impossible. I am writing on this subject to Livingston & Pinkney.
I have already done so to Yrujo giving him to understand, that we shall
not withhold any means that may be rendered necessary to secure our
object. Pichon is perfectly well disposed, is offended with the Spanish
Minister, & if left under the orders he now has, will cooperate zealously,
with an honest view to the honor & obligations of his own Country.
On our part I trust every thing that the crisis demands will be done, and
that we shall speedily be in possession of the valuable object which the
Treaty with France has gained for us. Baring is here, but having not
yet called on me I have had no opportunity of paying him civilities or
obtaining explanations from him. I wait anxiously for your next.
Your last was of Aug. 15. I hope you have been favorably recd., and
will bring the British Govt. more & more to understand their own interests
as well as our rights. Insist on instructions to all their naval officers,
to abstain from impressions & to respect our jurisdictional rights.
Incidents are daily occurring which otherwise may overcome the calculating
policy of the Present Executive, & provoke the public temper
into an irresistible impetus on the public Councils. Mr. K. says that
if he cd. have remained a little longer, the British Govt. might possibly
have been brought into a contract guarding agst. this evil; but that the
business is to be effected at that Court by the U. S. not so well by formal
notes & official discussions as by the frankness & familiarity of explanatory
& expostulatory observations in private discourse. I give you this
in confidence, as a hint that may be useful. Mr. Purveyance had
seized your wishes before I returned hither, & I did not know till
this moment that he had not sailed. I write in great haste to secure
the present mail, which is the only one that promises a conveyance by
him. He will give you much public & all private information.—Mad.
MSS. Sir I recd. your favor of the 21 prairial, with a pleasure which is redoubled
by the consideration that I am able in acknowledging it, to
inform you of the formal approbation of the late Treaty & conn. by
every branch of our Govt. The event establishes, I hope forever, perfect
harmony between the two Countries. It is the more likely to do so,
as it is founded in a policy, coeval with their political relations, of removing
as much as possible all sources of jealousy & collision. The
frankness & uprightness which marked the progress of this transaction,
are truly honorable to all concerned in it; and it is an agreeable circumstance,
that, in the exchange of ratifications, it was closed in the same
spirit of mutual confidence, Mr. Pichon inferring, doubtless with the
truest reason, that an unqualified exchange, under actual circumstances,
would best accord with the real views of his Government. Dear Sir I have recd I believe all your letters public and private
down to that of October 22, written merely to say that all continued
well. I have taken due care of the communications on the subject of
your—. Everything seems to be well understood on this side the
water. I cannot say more now as I write of necessity without cypher. The treaty as actually presented by Purviance is as follows: | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 58 | Author: | Madison
James
1751-1836 | Add | | | Title: | The Writings of James Madison | | | | Published: | 2003 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Modern English collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | I have the Honour of informing you, that His Majesty, having
been persuaded that the honourable Reparation which he had caused
to be tendered for the unauthorized attack upon the American Frigate
Chesapeake, would be accepted by the Government of the United
States, in the same Spirit of conciliation, with which it was proposed,
has instructed me, to express His Satisfaction, should such a happy
Termination of that affair take Place—not only as having removed
a painful cause of Difference, but as affording a fair Prospect of a
complete and cordial understanding, being reestablished between the
two Countries. In consequence of the Acceptance by the President, as stated in
your Letter, dated the 18th Instant, of the Proposals, made by me
on the Part of His Majesty, in my Letter of the same Day, for the
Renewal of the Intercourse between the respective Countries, I am
authorized to declare, that His Majesty's orders in Council of January
and November, 1807, will have been withdrawn as respects the United
States on the 10th Day of June next. Dr Sir I return your Copy of Gideon's Edition of the Federalist,
with the memorandums requested in your note of the 16th. I shall
take a pleasure in adding any other circumstances which you may
wish to know, and I may be able to communicate. Sir I have duly recd. your letter of the 15th. inst. with the handsome
copy of your edition of the "Federalist." As this replaces the Copy
sent you, there is the less occasion for a return of the latter. It may
be proper perhaps to observe that it is not the [only] one containing
the names of the writers Correctly prefixed to their respective papers.
I had a considerable time ago, at the request of particular friends,
given the same advantage to their copies. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 59 | Author: | Madison
James
1751-1836 | Add | | | Title: | The Writings of James Madison | | | | Published: | 2003 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Modern English collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | My Dear Friend,—Yours of the 28 of June like
the preceding one found me at this place, where my
preparations for leaving Congs. will keep me much of
the remainder of my time. The footing on which
the Impost is placed by the Assembly is not an eligible
one, but preferable to a total rejection. It is to
be regretted that immediate use was not made of the
impression of the letter from Genl. W. The interval
preceding the next Session will give full scope to
malignant insinuations. The reversal of the award
in the case of Nathan may possibly be just in itself;
but it will require all your eloquence I fear to shield
the honor of the State from its effects. The Agency
which the Delegation had in the affair will impart no
small share of the mortification to them. I suppose
the feelings of Mr. Jefferson & Mr. Harrison also will
not be much delighted by it. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 60 | Author: | Madison
James
1751-1836 | Add | | | Title: | The Writings of James Madison | | | | Published: | 2003 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Modern English collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | Rev Sir—I am not a little affected at hearing of
your misfortune, but cannot but hope the cure may be
so far accomplished as to render your journey not inconvenient.
Your kind Advice & friendly cautions
are a favour that shall be always gratefully remembered,
& I must beg leave to assure you that my
happiness, which you and your brother so ardently
wish for, will be greatly augmented by both your
enjoyments of the like blessing. SIR,—The complexion of the intelligence received of late from Spain, with the
manner of thinking which begins to prevail in Congress with regard to the claims
to the navigation of the Mississippi, makes it our duty to apply to our constituents
for their precise, full and ultimate sense on this point. If Spain should
make a relinquishment of the navigation of that river on the part of the United
States an indispensable condition of an alliance with them, and the State of Virginia
should adhere to their former determination to insist on the right of navigation,
their delegates ought to be so instructed, not only for their own satisfaction,
but that they may the more effectually obviate arguments drawn from a supposition
that the change of circumstances, which has taken place since the former
instructions were given, may have changed the opinion of Virginia with regard
to the object of them. If, on the other side, any such change of opinion
should have happened, and it is now the sense of the State that an alliance with
Spain ought to be purchased even at the price of such a cession if it can not be
obtained on better terms, it is evidently necessary that we should be authorized
to concur in it.—It will also be expedient for the Legislature to instruct us in
the most explicit terms whether any and what extent of territory on the East
side of the Mississippi and within the limits of Virginia, is in any event to
be yielded to Spain as the price of an alliance with her.—Lastly, it is our earnest
wish to know what steps it is the pleasure of our Constituents we should
take, in case we should be instructed in no event to concede the claims of Virginia
either to territory or to the navigation of the above-mentioned river, and
Congress should without their concurrence agree to such concession. . . . . . . . . . . "My Dear Sir,—Since my last the Danae a French frigate has arrived from
France with money for the French army and public despatches. A snow storm
drove her on shore in this Bay where she was in danger of following the fate of
one of the last Frigates from France. The accident as it turned out only cost
her all her masts. The despatches for Congress are from Mr. Franklin, Mr.
Jay, & the Marquis de la Fayette, and come down to the 14th. of Octr. They
advise that the 1st. Commission issued to Mr. Oswald empowered him to
treat with certain colonies &c., which being objected, another issued explicitly
empowering him to Treat with commisrs from the thirteen United States. The
latter, of which a copy was inclosed, and which will be transmitted to the
Executives, is grounded on the Act of Parliament, but is to continue in force
no longer than July 1783. It is no doubt on the whole a source of very soothing
expectations, but if we view on one side the instability & insidiousness of
the British Cabinet, and, on the other the complication of interest and pretensions
among the Allies, prudence calls upon us to temper our expectations with much
distrust. "Your favor of the 13th. instant arrived a few minutes after I sealed my last.
That of the 20th. came duly to hand yesterday. The sensations excited in Mr.
Jones and myself by the Repeal of the law in favor of the Impost were such as
you anticipated. Previously to the receipt of your information a letter from
Mr. Pendleton to me had suspended the progress of the Deputies to Rhode
Island. Yours put an entire stop to the mission, until the plan or some other
can be extended to the case of Virga. The letter from the Govr., of the same
date with your last, gives a hope that our representations may regain her support
to the impost without further steps from Congress. Your doubt as to her
power of revoking her accession would, I think have been better founded, if she
had not been virtually absolved by the definite rejection of Rho: Island;
altho' that rejection ought perhaps have been previously authenticated to her.
I beg you to be circumstantial on this subject especially as to the parties and
motives which led to the repeal, and may oppose a reconsideration. After a silence of 4 weeks your favor of the 26 Ult, was particularly welcome.
Your conjecture was but too well founded as to the compiler of the Proclamation.
The offensive passages were adverted to by some, but the general
eagerness on the occasion, increased by some unavoidable delays, rendered all
attempts to draw the attention of Congress to smaller inaccuracies unacceptable. Your favor of the 21. Ult: written at Col: Pendleton's was brought to hand
by the Post of last week Col: Floyd's family did not set out until the day
after it was received. I accompanied them as far as Brunswick, about 60
miles from this and returned hither on friday evening. . . . Congress have
recd a long and curious letter from Mr. Adams, dated in Feb. addressed to the
president not to the Secretary for foreign affairs. He animadverts on the revocation
of his commn for a treaty of commerce with great Britain presses the
appointment of a minister to that Court with such a commn draws the picture
of a fit character in which his own likeness is rediculously & palpably studied
finally praising and recommending Mr Jay for the appointment provided
injustice must be done an older servant. Marbois lately took occasion in our family to complain of ungenerous proceedings
of the British against individuals, as well as against their enemies at large,
and finally signified that he was no stranger to the letter transmitted to Congress
which he roundly averred to be spurious. His information came from Boston,
where the incident is said to be no secret; but whether it be the echo of letters
from Philada. or has transpired from the correspondence of Mr. Adams to his
private friends is uncertain. This conversation passed during my absence in
new Jersey, but was related to me by Mr. Carroll. Your favour of the 9th inst. was duly brought by yesterday's Mail. My impatience
is great to know the reception given to the propositions of Congress by
the Assembly. I foresaw some of the topics which are employed against them,
& I dread their effect from the eloquent mouths which will probably enforce
them; but I do not despair. Until those who oppose the plan, can substitute
some other equally consistent with public justice & honor, and more conformable
to the doctrines of the Confederation, all those who love justice and
aim at the public good will be advocates for the plan. The greatest danger is
to be apprehended from the difficulty of making the latter class sensible of the
impracticability or incompetency of any plan short of the one recommended;
the arguments necessary for that purpose being drawn from a general survey of
the federal system, and not from the interior polity of the States singly. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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