[107] State Papers, ii. 613.
[108] First Letter of Decius, in the “Richmond Enquirer,” August, 1806.
[109] Nicholson to Gallatin, Dec. 8, 1805; Gallatin MSS.
[110] Decius, No. 1; Randolph’s speech of April 5, 1806; Annals of Congress, 1805–1806, pp. 984–985.
[111] Decius, No. 1.
[112] Madison to Armstrong and Bowdoin, March 13, 1806; State Papers, iii. 539.
[113] Diary of J. Q. Adams (Feb. 8, 1806), i. 405.
[114] Diary of J. Q. Adams (Jan. 15, 1806), i. 383.
[115] Act of Feb. 28, 1806; Annals of Congress, 1805–1806, p. 1228.
[116] Ames to Pickering; Ames’s Works, i. 342. Cf. Lodge’s Cabot, p. 315.