partIV<br><br>Mr. Gallatin and General Dearborn 
happening to be absent, I have asked their 
immediate attendance here, and I expect them this 
day. We shall then determine on the course which 
the exigency and our constitutional powers call for. 
Whether the outrage is a proper cause of war, belonging 
exclusively to Congress, it is our duty not to commit 
them by doing anything which would be to be 
retracted. We may, however, exercise the powers 
entrusted to us for preventing future insults within 
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 
is the most efficacious mode of redress in our case, or<br>whether, having taught so many other useful lessons 
to Europe, we may not add that of showing them that 
there are peaceable means of repressing injustice, by 
making it the interest of the aggressor to do what is 
just, and abstain from future wrong. It is probable 
you will hear from us in the course of the week. I 
salute you with great esteem and respect.<br><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>
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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]</font color=red> [color:orange]</font color=orange> [color:yellow]</font color=yellow> [color:green]</font color=green> [color:blue]</font color=blue> [color:purple]</font color=purple>
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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>