. . . But let us hear, once more, this New-Orleans Washingtonian. I would blush, says he,
at attempting to justify Madison for the CRIME
of being born in the country which has given birth to Washington and Jefferson . . . Had the republican principle prevailed,
neither Washington nor Jefferson would have been compelled to decline their re-election . . .
and lower down on the same page:
Everybody remembers, that when James Madison stood as candidate, James Monroe, another Virginian, pretended to the same right;
that president Jefferson endeavoured to persuade both to lay aside all animosities on that account, and that his mediation
was successful . . .
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12.
Slave Representation, by Boreas. Awake! O Spirit of the North. 1812. [
New Haven,
1813?]
8vo. 12 leaves.
Not in Halkett and Laing.
Sabin 6424.
The Postscript states: The substance of the preceding pamphlet first appeared in the form of two Essays, in the
Connecticut Journal
, a respectable paper printed at New Haven.
Jefferson is mentioned on page 21:
We wish it here to be distinctly remembered, that, at the 4th Presidential Election, when Mr. Jefferson was first chosen President,
he had 73 votes, and Mr. Adams 64; making a majority of 9; and that, at that very time, the black representation from the
SLAVE COUNTRY amounted to 15: so that
the negroes turned the majority, and actually put in the President!
. . .
In this Postscript the existence of Ohio as a State from 1803 to 1813 is mentioned, and the pamphlet was probably printed
in the latter year.
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13.
Address, of the Committee of the City of New-York, acting under the Authority of the General Committee of Correspondence of
the State of New-York, in support of the Nomination of the Hon. De Witt Clinton, to the Presidency of the United States at
the Ensuing Election.
New-York: Printed by
Pelsue and Gould,
1812.
8vo. 14 leaves; dated at the end from New-York, 17th August, 1812, and signed by seventeen members of the committee.
A reference to Jefferson, “the idol of the republicans”, occurs in the text, and his name is written in ink on the title-page.
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14.
Hamilton to the Federalists of the United States on the Choice of a President . . .
New-York: Printed for the Author,
1812.
8vo. 15 leaves.
An anti-DeWitt Clinton pamphlet, and contains several references to Jefferson, in connection with the Embargo act (described
as
Mr. Jefferson’s bantling) and other matters. The name
Hamilton which occurs on the title as above, and which is signed at the end, is a pseudonym.
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15.
A Letter addressed to the Members of the Legislature of South-Carolina, examining the claims and qualifications of Dewitt
Clinton, to the Presidency of the United States . . .
Charleston, S. C.: Printed at the Office of the
Investigator, By
John Mackey & Co.
Oct. 1, 1812.
8vo. 17 leaves, signed at the end: Diodorus Siculus.
On the title-page (and at the end, erased) is written, in ink:
Coll. Tho: Lehré one of the representatives for the City of Charleston (cut into). Thomas Lehré corresponded frequently with Jefferson.
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