1From James Madison to Samuel Dexter, 20 September 1809 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. tho’ after some delay, your favor of the 30. Ult: and thank you for the friendly sentiments which you have been pleased to express. The situation into which our Country has been cast, by the violence, and particularly by the turn, given to the spirit of party, is deeply to be lamented. It has manifestly stimulated the foreign enemies of our prosperity, to presume on the debility...