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ledge. are objedt* of the firft importance in
every country where liberty ha* left trace*
flfher footftep*, under every government
w hieh coi.fult* the happiness of Man
"Knowledge,” laid the ureat Lord Bacon
«< is power, united with virtue" it certainly
is liberty. Where ignorance reign* there
vice triumphs and despotism govern*. A*
m*n becomes enlightened authority will he
limited & morality restored—Knowledge A
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ftnuft the heft pofliuie form of government,
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MIRROR OF THE TIMES
Tr>
THOMAS JEFFERSON,
LATE PRESIDENT Or THE V S
Rejected & Beloved Sir,
The Repuhlican citizens of
the City and County of N. Y.
by their reiolution unanimouffy
palled, at a general meeting, de
termined tei iigmfy to you the
high ienle which they entertain
of your virtues, la lent 5 and va.
Liable services to y«»ui beloved
countiy, together with their full
approbation of the meafure*
pursued during your adminil
tration. By the lame reiolution,
ihev have rendered us the organ
to communicate their leiitimems
to you. i
In complying with this plcaf.
ing requcll, we alio think it our
duty to Rate, that we speak our
own opinions and feelings, as
well as thole of our lellovr re
publicans at large. You, sir,
live in our affection, and in re.
tirement attrafcf the lame, and,
if possible, superior emotions of
gratitude, to thole which were
cherished while you presided o.
ver the affairs of the Union.
Your early and eminent ex
ertions in lupport of American
Independence, and vour unva
rying attachment to the civil lib
erties of your fellow citizens cn
titl? you to their affections and
elleem- A»«i *Hwugn we can
not but deplore that the errors
and the prejudices of party have
too frequently excited unmerit
ed attacks, we are feniibte that
a conlcioulnefs of reduude, lo
rdlier with the approbation and
lupport of republicans, tnult
have afforded an inelliinable
conlolation.
We reluctantly parted with
; you as prelident. In the diffi
cult situation of our country, it
washoneltly wilhed to continue
the aid of your wildom, experi.
ence and uied integrity. We
felt towards you the affefclion of
a child to a parent, and the rno
rnent of political reparation was
I painful in the extreme. Your
rcaions nevertheiefs, convinced
us of the propriety of your re.
’ tiremerit, and the ele&ion of
I your fiiemi as a fuccellor pro
| duces at this moment our great
• ell coiilolaiion. In the inianev
J
«>f our government, we perceive
it to have been ptopei that wor
thy and disintcreded examples
be preiented, and that to pre
vent hereditary cftablifhments,
our bed men ihould avoid a
I perpetuity of power.
The more we icflefi on the
measures of your ailminitlrati
on, cfpecially those which have
been adopted toward* the prio.
cipa! belligerent power?, the
I more fully we difeover and un
dtrdand the purity of motive
and found policy which produ
ced them, and we principally
regret that any domeltic oppo--
fition should have been made to
the jud regulations of a lawful
1 government, not only intended,
| but judiciously adapted to pre.
(erve a date of peace, and to
maintain the moit ineltimable
rights of our nation.
Divine Providence has deflin
rd our exillence to an extraor
dinary and interesting Hate of
human -Haits Thc > uoll lu "
-rrficial oblnver mult perceive
himiclt luiiounded by valt and
afloniihii'li IpttUcies. Amui
t
“ HOLD THC MR-XOR UP TO NATURE.”— Shakespeare.
| tion is no tonger fated with the
•conquest of a kingdom or a Pro
vince, but, regardiefs of the
means, it to the dominion
ofuniverfal Empire, In such
a Ittuaiion, it was not to be ex
petted thit we should entirely el
cape thole agitations which c<uv
vulfed the nations with whom
we had ellablnhed continual ha
bits of intercowrlo. Our rela
tions towards the great bellige
rents were too important to each
to be beheld by the others with
out an eve of jealousy. To
this consideration we muff in a
great mealure attribute those re
peated adt of aggreflion, which
have been perpetrated with dif
ferent degrees of violence, hut
without inter midi on. To keep
aloof fi ora these prodigious con*
telts, to cultivate our own re
lources and to enable our coun
try to profit by its favored >itu
ation, until its natural and pro.
greffive growth lhould render it
invulnerable to foreign attack,
appears to have been the great
design of your wife and salutary
administration. Many ofour
4
countrymen, who have opposed
the measures of government, or
withheld frem them a firm firp
port, may live to regiet that in’
(nutation, which prompied them
to violate our laws, and by j*te
lentiag an anuear«*nc<» *d our
Jotnenic weaknels, encourage a
continuance of thole injuries,
which might olherwile have been
reUiained.
VVc believe, Sir, that the em
bargo and non intercourse acts
were impartial in their character,
deviled from the purelt intenti
ons, and wife in their operation
They furnifhed an opportunity
to colletf our floating property
from abroad. They prevented
inconsiderate men from placing [
their merchandize within the
reach of inevitable capture. —
They recalled our mar hers from
fcencs of insult and imprison,
ment to the bolorn of their na
tive country. They evinced to
the warring world, thk the U.
States, however pacific in d»f
position, were incapabltof (ub
milling to every exirmnty of,
injuft ice. They afforded our!
own government time tp con- j
full the opinions and willies of:
the nation, before it coolented
to engage in more rigoraus and
decisive mealuics., i’hcy were
calculated to withhold «>d had
thev not been evaded, would
have effectually withhelc, from
foreign aggrelTors, thoe (ap
plies, which were nccefary to
the pcrpctuaoce of ther own
power, appealing to thdr own
interest to restore the fictexer.
cife of those rights whnh then
pride and paiiiom and uju dee
had violated.
With deference to th< better
judgment of thole whole expe
perience and lupeiior iman* of
information have cnabld them
to form a more correfct oiinion,
we believe that the truh inde
pendent situation of thejU’ S.
and the power which wepofldk
to withhold from holt tie f-reign
eis supplies of many aiult* ol
the fir It necclU-y is a variable
weapon in our hand*-. And
alihough a fuipenlioa of filer,
courle mud produce i»s icon
veniencies, they a*e incom ara
bly Ills than those which tful;
from inccflent iufult and ap-
Hire. Patriotilm should endure
thele temporary privations with
fortitude, and we have abundant
realoo to be thankful to a bene-
I ficent Pro*, dencc for having
placed oui lot in an extensive
& ferule >eiritorv, so abundant
iin the produb)ion of everv es.
| lential comfort as to preclude
the poflibiiity of real diftref*.—
i We exceedingly legret that tin
jtowaid cn cum ft an ces, and an
1 improvident opposition have
prevented the cff'ebh of this ra
tional and obvious fy Hem from
being fully afeertained.
Ihe desolating calamities in**
separable from war, its mnu.
merable diftrellcs, its pernici.
ous cffetU upon the manners
and moials of focietv, and the
dangers with which it aflai’s
the duration of fiec govern -
ments, arc powerful difluafives
froiii entering into such a state,
without the utmoli provocation
and dreadful neceflity* With
regard to ourselves, a warlike
dilpofition would entail upon
us rhe moll permanently inju
rious conlcquences ■, we should
be enlisted in all the intricacies
of European connections and
alliances ; we should be alter**
nately menaced and entreated,
| coerced and courted, driven or
leduced, rodeftioy our gener
al Lfety and forfeit r*<o naiinn
ai character of justice, and be
come habitually enhftcd as a
standing party in thediftant con.
lefts of the old world. And
we farther, Sir, believed that
when the injurious system of
warfare i$ once adopted, that it
is beyond the limits of human
lagacity to forte! its ultimate
con ft quenccs.
But attached as we are to the
continuance of peace, and ad
verfc to any European connec
tion, any apprehenfioo of dan
ger, would neither occasion
timidity, or produce the tnoft
diltant con sent to abandon,
the natural and national rights
of our beloved country. The
spirit of the revolution is unex
tinguilhed, we Hull emulate
the virtue and vigor of our
forefathers and maintain at eve,
ty hazaid, the Liberties, Un
ion and Couliitution of the Uni.
ted Stetr.s-, together with the
government of their genera!
choice*
Jhrft you, Sir, in your chofcn
retnement, in ihe bolom of
your family connect ion*, and
in the raidSl of afledionate
friends, may enjoy many year*
of happincls and that the iweets
of domeltic tranquility, may
be united to the plea lute of be
holding the profpenty of your
country, &c the triumph of thole
principles of civil liberty, in the
defence of which your active
days have been so beneficially
employed, are the iincerc and
fervent wishes, of your friends
aud fellow citizens.
By the general committee
of the City and county of New
Yoik,
Abraham Bloodcood Chairtu.
Juoah Hammond, Scr’y.
Mtr.ticello , Sept. 30, 1809.
Gs Allcrr.t*.
The very friendly femimenu
which my Republican fellow
citizens of the city and county
of New- York have been plea
ed to txprefs, through your-
MONDAY, November 13, 1809.
(elves as their organ, are high.
ly grateful to me, and com
mand my finceie thanks; and
their approbaiion of the mea~
fares pursued, while I was en
trusted with the adminiffration
'of their affairs, ftrengthcns my
hope that they were favorable
to the publick profpeiiry. For
any errors which may have been
i committed the indulgent will
find fotne apology in the difi
cuitics resulting from the extras
ordinary Hate of human affairs,
and the aflonifhiug fpetiacles
these have prefenied. A world
in aims, and trampling on ail
thole moral principles which
have heretofore been deemed
sacred in the intercourie be
tween nations, could not fuffer
us to remain infallible of all
agitation. During tuch a course
ol iawlcls violence, it was cer
tainly wife to withdraw ourfelve*
from all intercourse with the
belligerent nation*, to avoid
the desolating calamities infe
parablc from wa, its perni.
cious effects on manners and
morals, and the dangcis it threa.
tens to free governments; and
to cultivate onr own reiources
until our natural and progres
sive growth fhoud leave us no.
thing to fear bom foreign enter,
prize. That the benefits dcri
ved Irwin these mtafures were
leflened by an opposition of
the inoft ominous character and
that the continuance of injury
was encouraged by the appear,
ance of domcllic weaknef*
which that presented will doubt
leb be a fubjtfl of deep anJ du
rable regret to such of our well,
intentioned citizens as partici
pated in it, under mistaken con.
fidence in men who had other.,
wife than the good of their own
country. Should foreign n a
lions however, deceived by
this appearance of division and
wcakneli render it ncceffary
to vindicate by arms the inju.
rics to our country, I believe
with you that the Ipirit of the
revolution is unextinguifhed,
and that the cultivator of peace
will again, as on that occalion
be transformed at once into a
nation of warriors, who will
leave us nulling to (ter for
the natural and national right*
ol our country.
Your approbation of the rea
sons which induced me to ie
tire from the honorable itation
in which my fcilow-cilixcnj had
placed ine, is a proof of your
devotion to the true princi
ples of our constitution. These
aic wifely oj p f.d to all per.
pctuations ol power, and to
every practice which may lead
to hereditary eltablifhmenu ;
and certain lam that any ier
viles vmteh 1 could have ren
dered will be more than fup
phed by the wiidotn and virtue*
of my fucceflor.
•1 am very thankful for the
kind wilhcs you express for my
personal happiness. It will al.
waya be intimately connected
with the prof pemy of our coun.
try, of which I lincerely pray
that you iny fellow.citiiens of
the city and county of N, Yo/k
may have ihcir lull participated.
Til: JEFFERSON.
Meflrs. JLi.oodgood dc Ham
mond.
BLANK EXECUTION*.
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