assailed in Congress by Giles, 251;
resents charge of being a British sympathizer, 252;
his scrupulously fair conduct toward France, 253;
his resentment at English policy, 254;
his retirement celebrated by the opposition, 255;
remarks of the "Aurora," 256;
forged letters of British circulated, 257;
he repudiates them, 257;
his view of opposition, 259.
In Retirement.