1To James Madison from the Republican Meeting of Cecil County, Maryland, [22 February] 1810 (Madison Papers)
Whilst faction with unblushing opposition to the constituted authorities of our country, stalks abroad in the persons of the advocates for national submission, and the adherents of Mr. Jackson; the republicans of Cecil county who have assembled at Elkton to commemorate the birth-day of the illustrious Washington , think it a duty that they owe to themselves and their country, to assure you...