'Yes,' said Ewen. 'Well,' said the President, 'a boy of fifteen who
is not a democrat is good for nothing, and he is no better who is a
democrat at twenty.' Ewen told Hurt, and Hurt told me.
January the 14th. Logan tells me that in his conversation with Pickering
on his arrival, the latter abused Gerry very much; said he was a traitor
to his country, and had deserted the post to which he was appointed;
that the French temporized at first with Pinckney, but found him too
much of a man for their purpose. Logan observing, that, notwithstanding
the pacific declarations of France, it might still be well to keep up.
the military ardor of our citizens, and to have the militia in good
order: 'The militia,' said Pickering, 'the militia never did any good to
this country, except in the single affair of Bunker's Hill; that we must
have a standing army of fifty thousand men, which being stationed in
different parts of the continent, might serve as rallying points for the
militia, and so render them of some service.' In his conversation with
Mr. Adams, Logan mentioned the willingness of the French to treat with
Gerry. 'And do you know why,' said Mr. Adams. 'Why, Sir?' said
Logan. 'Because,' said Mr. Adams, 'they know him to have been an
anti-federalist, against the constitution.'
January the 2nd, 1800. Information from Tench Coxe. Mr. Liston had sent
two letters to the Governor of Canada by one Sweezy.
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