[45] Ib. 79.
[46] Ib. 69.
[47] April 21, 1797 (Ib. 68).
[48] Ib. 71. He also suggested that this suspicion was based upon a former scheme in which Clarke was concerned, for subduing the Floridas in connection with France.
[49] Ib. 69. He further declared that he had never heard of Clarke. (Ib. 93).
[50] Ib. 71.
[51] July 3, 1797, the President submitted to Congress a letter from William Blount to James Carey, which revealed that the former was implicated in a scheme of conquest, that he hoped to conduct in behalf of the British against the Spanish possessions. A copy of this letter may be found in Ib. 76-'7. Blount was thereupon expelled from the Senate by a vote, not of two-thirds only, as required by the constitution, but unanimously.
[52] Ib. 89.
[53] Ib. 94.
[54] Ib. 93.