4911. MADISON (James), Hamilton and.—[continued].
You will see in Fenno
two numbers of a paper signed “Marcellus”.
They promise much mischief, and are ascribed,
without any difference of opinion, to [Alexan
der] Hamilton. You must take your pen against
this champion. You know the ingenuity of his
talents; and there is not a person but yourself
who can foil him. For heaven's sake, then, take
up your pen, and do not desert the public cause
altogether.—
To James Madison. Washington ed. iv, 231.
Ford ed., vii, 231.
(Pa.,
April. 1798)
