Note 710 — Chapter VI
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Madison to Monroe, Dec. 24, 1785; Writings: Hunt, ii, 205.
"Being convinced myself that nothing can be now done that will not extremely dishonor us, and embarass Congṣ my wish is that the report may not be called for at all. In the course of the debates no pains were spared to disparage the Treaty by insinuations agṣṭ Congṣ, the Eastern States, and the negociators of the Treaty, particularly J. Adams. These insinuations & artifices explain perhaps one of the motives from which the augmention of the foederal powers & respectability has been opposed." (Madison to Monroe, Dec. 30, 1785; ib., 211.)