? How would they be brought, and how reinforced, across an
ocean of three thousand miles, in possession of a bitter enemy, whose
peace, like the repose of a dog, is never more than momentary? And for
what? For nothing but hard blows. If the Orleanese Creoles would but
contemplate these truths, they would cling to the American Union, soul
and body, as their first affection, and we should be as safe there as
we are every where else. I have no doubt of their attachment to us in
preference of the English.
I salute you with sincere friendship and respect.
Th: Jefferson.
LETTER LXXII.--TO LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR LINCOLN, November 13, 1808
TO LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR LINCOLN.
Washington, November 13, 1808.
Dear Sir,
I enclose you a petition from Nantucket, and refer it for your decision.
Our opinion here is, that that place has been so deeply concerned in
smuggling, that if it wants, it is because it has illegally sent away
what it ought to have retained for its own consumption. Be so good as to
bear in mind that I have asked the favor of you to see that your State
encounters no real want, while, at the same time, where applications are
made merely to cover fraud, no facilities towards that be furnished. I
presume there can be no want in Massachusetts, as yet, as I am informed
that Governor Sullivan's permits are openly bought and sold here and
in Alexandria, and at other markets.
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