[409] See U.S. Statutes at Large, ii, 283; and Annals, 8th Cong. 2d Sess. 1597.
[410] For instance, Senator Plumer, two years later, thus stated the old Republican doctrine which the Federalists, in defiance of their party's creed and traditions, had now adopted as their own: "We cannot admit a new partner into the Union, from without the original limits of the United States, without the consent, first obtained, of each of the partners composing the firm." (Plumer to Smith, Feb. 7, 1805, Plumer, 328.)
[411] Jefferson to Nicholas, Sept. 7, 1803, Works: Ford, x, 10.
[412] Jefferson to Breckenridge, Aug. 12, 1803, ib. 7.
[413] Jefferson to Madison, Aug. 18, 1803, ib. 8.
[414] "The medicine for that State [North Carolina] must be very mild & secretly administered." (Jefferson to Nicholas, April 7, 1800, ib. ix, 129; and see Adams: U.S. iii, 147.)
[415] "The millenium was to usher in upon us as the irresistible consequence of the goodness of heart, integrity of mind, and correctness of disposition of Mr. Jefferson. All nations, even pirates and savages, were to be moved by the influence of his persuasive virtue and masterly skill in diplomacy." (Eaton's account of a call on President Jefferson, 1803, Life of the Late Gen. William Eaton: Prentiss, 263; also quoted in Adams: U.S. ii, 431.)
[416] Cabot to King, July 1, 1803, King, iv, 279. The Louisiana Purchase was first publicly announced through the press by the Independent Chronicle of Boston, June 30, 1803. (Adams: U.S. ii, 82-83.)
[417] Ames to Gore, Oct. 3, 1803, Ames, i, 323-24.
[418] Tracy to McHenry, Oct. 19, 1803, Steiner: Life and Correspondence of James McHenry, 522.