partIV<br><br>Mr. Gallatin and General Dearborn &#8232;happening to be absent, I have asked their &#8232;immediate attendance here, and I expect them this &#8232;day. We shall then determine on the course which &#8232;the exigency and our constitutional powers call for. &#8232;Whether the outrage is a proper cause of war, belonging &#8232;exclusively to Congress, it is our duty not to commit &#8232;them by doing anything which would be to be &#8232;retracted. We may, however, exercise the powers &#8232;entrusted to us for preventing future insults within &#8232;our harbors, and claim firmly satisfaction for the past. <br><br><br><br>

partV<br><br>This will leave Congress free to decide whether war &#8232;is the most efficacious mode of redress in our case, or<br>whether, having taught so many other useful lessons &#8232;to Europe, we may not add that of showing them that &#8232;there are peaceable means of repressing injustice, by &#8232;making it the interest of the aggressor to do what is &#8232;just, and abstain from future wrong. It is probable &#8232;you will hear from us in the course of the week. I &#8232;salute you with great esteem and respect.<br><br><br>

the Dulles internet gerbil is still on strike so I could not post more than a 100 words in one post. <br><br>Plus I am bored out of my gourd. <br><br>

I'm hung over and trying to avoid working. I appreciate your help and sympathize with your boredom. How's the food?<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>[color:white]xx</font color=white>[color:blue]I always deserve it. Really.</font color=blue><br><br>

The dictional difference is an excellent point, and I had my doubts on different grounds, namely that the idea of a government that could provide all one's needs is not an 18th or early 19th century idea. I was going to check the citation once I could get to a library (I know, I'm so old-fashioned), but not that poly's done that the new-fangled way, I'll leave it alone.<br><br>[color:red]&#63743;</font color=red> [color:orange]&#63743;</font color=orange> [color:yellow]&#63743;</font color=yellow> [color:green]&#63743;</font color=green> [color:blue]&#63743;</font color=blue> [color:purple]&#63743;</font color=purple>

The new fangled way was actually to find a photostat copy of an 19th century book with a copy of the text of the letter. I was about to transcribe from it since I could not copy paste but luckily spied a "convert to text" button. <br><br>

By reading the very end of this thread which contained Mongol's last posts here one might think it was me that scared him off. But I only showed that even his signature was a full of sh[/i]it as his posts. <br><br>Reading the whole thread it is lanovami who handed the as[i]s his hat.<br><br>