58 His lady & children remain at New York until he determines on his place of residence. which, I think, will be New York. There is a great opening produced there by the death of Hamilton, & the secession from the Bar of Burr, but there is no doubt of his success in any of the large towns. He has been conversing with me about you. Be says he holds the warmest affection & friend ship for you, & desires me to tell you from him, that it his sincere opinion you should lose no time in removing yourself & family to this country. Prices of Merchandise the same as in my last quotation. I am, my dear Simms, yours sincerely. John Campbell White. Dear Sir, Baltimore, 5th Sept. 1808. I had the pleasure of your letter of the 5th July by the Truro. It was very short, but you promise soon to write again. I got two Dublin papers from your correspondent at Derry. One of them contains a mot- ion of Mr. Sheridan's on the state of the jails in Ireland, which gives a melancholy picture of the state of the poor prisoners, & surprises with the numbers. It is astonishing with what apathy the reports of the Inspector General have been treated by all the members of the House, & shows a depra- ved state of the representation & of the Society in general. The approaching election in Oetr. sets all party spirit in motion, & the Federalists leave nothing undone to bring themselves into power. The in- terruption of trace, which comes home to the feelings of every man, by the continuance of the Embargo, they expect the best effects from. They forge, misrepresent, calumniate, & lye, without limitation. They held out the Ad- ministration as not only attached to France, but as their slaves, & as com- pletely hostile to England, who has given them no great cause of offence, & who has most amicable dispositions towards this country. Everything Govern- ment does is wrong, everything they 20 not, should be done. If an Embargo is laid on, they cry out, this is an effort of the Virginian system to de- stroy commerce. If they had not lair on the Embargo, then would they have been equally violent about the capture of our shipping & the destruction of our property in foreign parts. In truth, the object of the @ederalists is power, & that a power which would assimilate itself to the power of European countries. The power which enables the few to govern the many, the power of a standing army, the power of a navy, the power of a large National Debt. with heavy taxes, & the power of connecting themselves with England for additional force, if necessary. Tomobtain power they would not hesitate about the means, & rather than submit to such a Government as we at present live under, many of them would prefer a return to their colonial dependance under England. Thank God, the great bulk, indeer, an immense majority of the people, are they understand the value of self-government, & they will never abandon it. It is their proudest distinction individually & collectively. No dependance can be put on the Federal papers. You may rely upon Maddison's & Clinton's elections, that the great majority of the legislators will be Democratic, & that our affairs will be directed by the same views as in Jefferson's administration. Ne will not submit to the despotism of either England or France. They must either conduct themselves to us with fairness & integrity, or they must do without our trade injuries as can inflict upon them. on taking an extensive view of the best interests of the United States, I cannot think we shall lose by their hostility, in the cessation for a time of our foreign trade. For there is every prospect of its exciting