The latter was lost yesterday, by forty-eight against fifty-one or
fifty-two. It is believed, however, that when they come to propose
measures leading directly to war, they will lose some of their numbers.
Those who have no wish but for the peace of their country, and its
independence of all foreign influence, have a hard struggle indeed,
overwhelmed by a cry as loud and imposing as if it were true, of being
under French influence, and thus raised by a faction composed of
English subjects residing among us, or such as are English in all their
relations and sentiments. However, patience will bring all to rights,
and we shall both live to see the mask taken from their faces, and
our citizens sensible on which side true liberty and independence are
sought. Should any circumstance draw me further from home, I shall with
great cordiality pay my respects to you at Rose-Hill, and am not without
hope of meeting you here some time.
Here, there, and every where else, I am, with great and sincere
attachment and respect, your friend and servant,
Th: Jefferson.
LETTER CCXII.--TO JAMES MADISON, June 1, 1797
TO JAMES MADISON.
Philadelphia, June 1, 1797.
Dear Sir, I wrote you on the 18th of May. The address of the Senate was
soon after that. The first draught was responsive to the speech, and
higher toned.
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