1To James Madison from “Tammany,” 18 April 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
18 April 1810. Warns that the nation depends on JM to save the ship of state and the “democratic party” from shipwreck. Alludes to the “bank question” and the report that JM considers it to be “settled.” Asks what this might mean: that because a Federalist majority once voted for the bank the Federalists can determine the meaning of the Constitution? Reminds JM that he argued against such...
2To James Madison from “Tammany,” 25 April 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
25 April 1810. Reminds JM that the American people placed him at the helm of government so that he might “steer it aright.” Urges him to “active duties” since “inaction does not befit your station.” Warns JM of intrigue in Washington and attacks “Mutius Randolph” for his third essay claiming that the Smith family has “imprisoned [you] in your own palace.” “Mutius” is an “incoherent writer,”...
3To James Madison from “Tammany,” 2 May 1810 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
2 May 1810. Sends JM a “valedictory note,—having resolved to retire from a fruitless political contest.” Warns JM against the flattery of those legislators who submitted to France and Great Britain and who will attend this evening’s levee marking the end of “the present ignoble congress.” JM must bear responsibility for the state of the country. He was elected “to perform the active and...