"Some of them."
"Will you produce them, so I may judge what they are?"
"Yes, the prisident and mesilf want to get a squint at the dockymints," put in Terrence.
The very impertinence of Terrence was his success. Mr. Madison could not repress a smile.
Henry laid before the president the strong documentary evidence, which clearly proved that Great Britain, while indulging in the most friendly expressions toward the United States, and negotiating treaties, was secretly engaged in efforts to destroy the young republic of the West, by fomenting disaffection toward it among a portion of the people, and intriguing with disaffected politicians with an expectation, with the aid of British arms, to be able to separate New England from the Union and re-annex that territory to the British dominions.
Madison, who was just about to declare war against Great Britain, was well satisfied of the importance of Henry's disclosures. Examining them carefully, he asked:
"What do you ask for these papers?"
"Lave that all to me, Misther Madison," said Terrence with an earnestness which caused the grave Mr. Madison to smile; but Mr. Madison was not inclined to leave so important a matter with Terrence. He again asked Henry how much he asked for those papers.
"I want one hundred thousand dollars."
"It's too much, Misther Madison; we can't give it," declared Terrence.