4774. LIVINGSTON (Edward), Friendship for.—
I receive Mr. Livingston's question
through you with kindness, and answer it without
hesitation. He may be assured I have not
a spark of unfriendly feeling towards him. In
all the earlier scenes of life, we thought and
acted together. We differed in opinion afterwards
on a single point. Each maintained his
opinion, as he had a right, and acted on it as
he ought. But why brood over a single difference,
and forget all our previous harmonies?—
To President Monroe.
Ford ed., x, 298.
(M.
1824)
