[72] Rives’s Life and Times of James Madison, Vol. I. p. 294, note. [73] Letter to Judge Pendleton, November 13, 1781: Ibid., p. 289, note. [74] Rives’s Life and Times of James Madison, Vol. I. pp. 289, 290, note. [75] Ibid. An American citizen, who, after enjoying the honors of the nation as Senator and as Minister to France, could become a Proslavery Rebel, was incompetent to sit in judgment on Lafayette. In declaring “the comparative nullity” of his career at home, “contrasted with the unquestionable splendor of his American services and deeds,” he writes as a Slave-Master, whose standard of merit excludes what is done for Liberty and Equality. [76] Mémoires, Tom. II. p. 4. [77] Mémoires, Tom. II. p. 58. [78] Correspondence of the American Revolution: Letters to Washington, ed. Sparks, Vol. III. p. 547. Mémoires, Tom. II. p. 58. [79] Letter to Alexander Hamilton, Boston, October 22, 1784: Hamilton’s Works, edited by his Son, Vol. I. p. 422. [80] Mémoires, Tom. II. p. 8. Madison, writing to Jefferson, under date of October 17, 1784, says: “The time I have lately passed with the Marquis has given me a pretty thorough insight into his character. With great natural frankness of temper he unites much address and very considerable talents. In his politics, he says his three hobby-horses are the alliance between France and the United States, the union of the latter, and the manumission of the slaves.” (Madison’s Letters and other Writings, Vol. I. p. 106.) Call these hobby-horses! They were three practical policies, having their foundation in everlasting principles. How many of our own statesmen saw as wisely? [81] Journal of Congress, Vol. X. p. 20: December 13, 1784. Mémoires, Tom. II. p. 106. [82] Letter of December 21, 1784: Correspondence of the Revolution, ed. Sparks, Vol. IV. pp. 87, 89; Mémoires, Tom. II. pp. 111, 113. [83] Letter to Washington, October 26, 1786: Correspondence of the Revolution, ed. Sparks, Vol. IV. p. 144; Mémoires, Tom. II. p. 157. [84] Mémoires, Tom. II. p. 131. [85] Correspondence of Charles, First Marquis Cornwallis, ed. Ross, Vol. I. p. 205. [86] Letter of 5th April, 1783: Writings, ed. Sparks, Vol. VIII. p. 414; Mémoires, Tom. II. p. 74. [87] Mémoires, Tom. II. pp. 9, 139; Tom. III. p. 72. [88] Letter of 10th May, 1786: Writings, ed. Sparks, Vol. IX. p. 163. [89] Works of John Adams, Vol. VIII. p. 376. [90] Hamilton’s Works, edited by his Son, Vol. I. pp. 423, 424. [91] Lady Morgan’s France, Vol. I. p. 71. Ticknor’s Outlines of the Life of Lafayette, p. 19. Mémoires, Tom. II. p. 177. [92] Mémoires, Tom. II. p. 252. [93] Mémoires, Tom. II. p. 251. [94] Speech in the National Assembly, February 20, 1790: Mémoires, Tom. II. p. 383. [95] Mémoires, Tom. III. p. 71, note. Clarkson, History of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade, (Philadelphia, 1808,) Vol. II. pp. 106, 107. [96] Mémoires, Tom. IV. pp. 221, 230, 231. [97] Mémoires, Tom. IV. p. 288. [98] Ibid., pp. 237, 238.