"See the bright flame arise,
In yonder Eastern skies
Spreading in veins;
'T is pure Democracy
Setting all Nations free
Melting their chains."
At this celebration an ox with gilded horns, one bearing the French flag and the other the American; carts of bread and two or three hogsheads of rum; and other devices of fancy and provisions for good cheer were the material evidence of the radical spirit. (See Columbian Centinel, Jan. 26, 1793.)
[38] It is certain that Madison could not possibly have continued in public life if he had remained a conservative and a Nationalist. (See next chapter.)
[39] Marshall, ii, 239.
[40] Jefferson to Martha Jefferson Randolph, May 26, 1793; Works: Ford, vii, 345.
[41] Marshall, ii, 249-51.
[42] Marshall, ii, 251-52.
[43] Jefferson to T. M. Randolph, Jan. 7, 1793; Works: Ford, vii, 207.
[44] Mass. Hist. Collections (7th Series), i, 138.
[45] Typical excerpts from Short's reports to Jefferson are: July 20, 1792: "Those mad & corrupted people in France who under the name of liberty have destroyed their own government [French Constitution of 1791] & disgusted all ... men of honesty & property.... All the rights of humanity ... are daily violated with impunity ... universal anarchy prevails.... There is no succour ... against mobs & factions which have assumed despotic power."