1Thomas Boylston Adams to John Quincy Adams, 5 January 1803 (Adams Papers)
...of foreign politics, such as you once executed when abroad, exhibited in the same way, from time to time, would be a valuable acquisition. Occasional animadversions upon our domestic affairs will also be acceptable. The squibs & crackers, we can let off here, but the heavy artillery of politics, to carry on the siege against the administration, must come