5494. MONROE (James), Recall from France.—
I should not wonder if Monroe
were * * * recalled [from France], under
the idea of his being of the partisans of
France, whom the President [Washington] considers
as the partisans of war and confusion,
* * * and as disposed to excite them to
hostile measures, or at least to unfriendly sentiments;
a most infatuated blindness to the true
character of the sentiments entertained in
favor of France.—
To W. B. Giles. Washington ed. iv, 127.
Ford ed., vii, 44.
(M.
Dec. 1795)
