1To James Madison from the Inhabitants of Pendleton, South Carolina, 4 July 1812 (Abstract) (Madison Papers)
4 July 1812. “Beleiving it to be the priviledge of a free people to express their Sentiments upon the acts of their Government, and deeming it their duty, on particular occasions, to make known those Sentiments to that Government, we feel ourselves called upon by the present Solemn crisis of our political affairs to exercise that right. Although inhabiting the mountainous regions of our...