[871] Jefferson to Madison, May 10, 1798; Works: Ford, viii, 417; and to Monroe, May 21, 1798; ib., 423. Jefferson's first harsh word was to Madison, June 7, 1798; ib., 434.
[872] Hamilton to Wolcott, June 29, 1798; Works: Lodge, x, 295.
[873] Madison to Jefferson, May 20, 1798; Writings: Hunt, vi, 320.
[874] For the Federalists' justification of the Alien and Sedition Laws see Gibbs, ii, 78 et seq.
[875] As a matter of fact, the anger of Republican leaders was chiefly caused by their belief that the Alien and Sedition Laws were aimed at the Republican Party as such, and this, indeed, was true.
[876] Jefferson to S. T. Mason, Oct. 11, 1798; Works: Ford, viii, 450.
[877] Washington to Spotswood, Nov. 22, 1798; Writings: Ford, xiv, 121-22.
[878] Washington to Murray, Dec. 26, 1798; Writings: Ford, xiv, 132.
[879] Washington to Bushrod Washington, Dec. 31, 1798; ib., 135-36. Judge Addison's charge was an able if intemperate interpretation of the Sedition Law. The Republican newspapers assailed and ridiculed this very effectively in the presidential campaign of 1800. "Alexander Addison has published in a volume a number of his charges to juries—and precious charges they are—brimstone and saltpetre, assifœtida and train oil." (Aurora, Dec. 6, 1800. See Chief Justice Ellsworth's comments upon Judge Addison's charge in Flanders, ii, 193.)
[880] Marshall to Pickering, Aug. 11, 1798; Pickering MSS., Mass. Hist. Soc.