RC (MoSHi: TJC-BC); torn at seal; at foot of text: “The Honble Thomas Jefferson”; endorsed by TJ as received from New Brunswick on 3 Apr. 1811 and so recorded in SJL. Enclosure: Smith, oration given at the anniversary meeting of the Democratic Corresponding Society of New Brunswick, 4 Mar. 1811, asserting that a monied aristocracy has attempted gradually to change the United States from a representative democracy to an absolute monarchy; that although most Americans seem indifferent to this “junto,” Republicans will never surrender their liberty; that in 1800 they elected the wise, patriotic, and virtuous Thomas Jefferson to the presidency; that since his inauguration on 4 Mar. 1801, a date that “will form an important epoch in the annals of our country,” Republicans have eliminated internal taxes, liquidated half of the public debt, added Louisiana to the republic, extinguished Indian titles to a vast range of land, fortified seaports, and placed the army and navy on a respectable footing; that during the same period the Federalists have published incendiary material, delivered seditious speeches, fraudulently connected themselves to George Washington, and palliated British depredations against American honor; that Americans nonetheless have nothing to fear, since three fourths of the country supports the Madison administration, and if war breaks out even the Federalists will probably rally to the cause; but that citizens must remain vigilant, and remember that “united we stand, but divided we fall” (Trenton True American, 11 Mar. 1811; reprinted in New York Columbian, 13 Mar. 1811).