[3] Taylor was so deeply impressed by the conference, which was protracted, that two days later, May 11, 1794, he made an extended note of it which he sent to Mr. Madison. At the foot of his note Taylor says, among other things: "He (T.) is thoroughly convinced that the design to break up the Union is contemplated. The assurance, the manner, the earnestness, and the countenances with which the idea was uttered, all disclosed the most serious intention. It is also probable that K. (King) and E. (Ellsworth) having heard that T. (Taylor) was against the (adoption of) the Constitution have hence imbibed a mistaken opinion that he was secretly an enemy of the Union, and conceived that he was a fit instrument (as he was about retiring) to infuse notions into the anti-federal temper of Virginia, consonant to their views."—"Disunion Sentiment in the Congress in 1794" (with fac-simile of Taylor memorandum), by Gaillard Hunt, Editor of Writings of James Madison. Lowdermilk Co., Washington, D. C., 1905.
[4] C. F. Robertson, "The Louisiana Purchase," etc. "Papers of the American Association," vol. I, pp. 262, 263.
[5] "American State Documents and Federal Relations," p. 21.
[6] Henry Cabot Lodge's "Webster," p. 176.
[7] "Slavery and Anti-Slavery," 3d ed., 1885.
[8] Am. Archives, 4th series, vol. I, p. 696.
[9] Ib., p. 1136.
[10] Ib., p. 735.
[11] "State Documents on Federal Relations," Ames, pp. 203-4.
[12] Ames, p. 203.