TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
I have read over the subject[76]
which you recommend
to my attention. It excites equally surprise
& indignation, and ought certainly to be taken notice
of by some one who can do it justice. In my present
disposition which is perfectly alienated from such
things, and in my present situation which deprives
me of some material facts and many important
lights, the task would be in bad hands if I were
otherwise better qualified for it. I am in hopes of
finding that some one else has undertaken it. In
the mean time I will feel my own pulse and if nothing
appears, may possibly try to supply the omission.
Return my thanks to Docr. Logan for the
pamphlet & also for the plows arrived at Fredg., tho'
by a singular succession of errors & accidents, they
lie still on the road between this and that. Your
acct. of G—[Genet] is dreadful. He must be brought
right if possible. His folly will otherwise do mischief
which no wisdom can repair. Is there no one
through whom he can be effectually counselled. D[e]
L[a] F[orest] is said to be able, and if himself rightly
disposed as I have understood him to be, might
perhaps be of great use.
