1To James Madison from John S. Cogdell, 3 April 1815 (Madison Papers)
I approach you with a caution and Solicitude, the genuine offspring of a profound respect & veneration, for your Virtues and your Talents: these claim—nay they command the unqualified admiration of your Countrymen—while the chair to which by these you have been elevated—would without them—excite neither respect nor admiration in the breast of an American Citizen. Accustomed as I have been to...