RC (DLC); at foot of text: “Th. Jefferson Esqr.”; endorsed by TJ as received 20 Aug. 1813 and so recorded in SJL. Enclosure: Smith, Oration pronounced by Samuel H. Smith, Esquire, in the City of Washington, on Monday, the Fifth of July, 1813 (Washington, D.C., 1813; Sowerby, description begins E. Millicent Sowerby, comp., Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 1952–59, 5 vols. description ends no. 4690), in which Smith recalls the spirit of unity and common purpose that predominated in America during the Revolutionary War and at the 1787 Federal Convention; argues that those who oppose the war with Great Britain should not be allowed to thwart the will of the majority; underscores the importance of the conflict to the survival of the nation and the preservation of the liberties enjoyed by its citizens; suggests that “one of the best means of prosecuting with vigor the arduous contest in which we are engaged, as well as of insuring permanent security and defence” is “to lay the foundations of a navy commensurate with the present, and increasing with the expanding resources of the nation” (p. 15); compares the country’s prospects to those of Rome during its wars with Carthage; favors the construction of more roads, canals, and manufacturing establishments; invokes Joel Barlow as a supporter of such policies, all of which, according to Smith, will serve to “cement our union, increase our enjoyments, ensure to us longer periods of peace, and render us invulnerable to the inevitable wars in which we may be involved” (p. 23); and concludes that, while cultivating a love of peace, the United States should “proclaim to the world our resolution, to receive no wrongs without redress, no insults without atonement” (p. 24).