... The body of the people repose great confidence in the Wisdom of the President—of Congress, & of the heads of Departments. May they have Wisdom to direct them! The President’s speech meets with much approbation—It is worthy of himself—We have some _grumbletonians_ among us—who, when the French are victorious, speak loud & saucy—but when they meet with a check—sing small.—They form a sort of political Thermometer, by whh we can pretty accurately determine, what is, _in their opinion_, the state of French politics.—The French _cause_ has no enemies here,—their conduct has many.—There are some who undistinguishly [_sic_] & unboundedly approve both—& most bitterly denounce, as _Aristocrats_, all who do not think as they do.—This party, whh is not numerous—nor as respectable as it is numerous—are about forming a Democratic Club—whh I think they call “the Massts. Constitutional Society”—I don’t know their design, but suppose they consider themselves as _guardians_ of the _Rights of Man_—& overseers of the President, Congress, & you gentlemen in the several principal departments of State—to see that you don’t infringe upon the Constitution.—They don’t like, nor see through your borrowing so much money of Holland—They are very suspicious about all money matters.... Your friend, Jed^h Morse.” _Wolcott Papers_, vol. viii, 5. [238] _Annals of Congress_, vol. iv, p. 787. [239] The President’s address was printed in full in leading New England journals. _Cf._ for example, _Columbian Centinel_, Nov. 29, 1794; _Independent Chronicle_, Dec. 1, 1794; _Connecticut Courant_, Dec. 1, 1794. [240] _Columbian Centinel_, Dec. 6, 10, 1794; _Connecticut Courant_, Dec. 8, 24, 1794. [241] _Columbian Centinel_, Dec. 13, 1794. [242] _Ibid._, Dec. 20, 1794. [243] _Independent Chronicle_, Sept. 18, 1794. _Cf._ also issues of this paper for Sept. 1, 4, 8, and 15, Dec. 4, 8, and 15, 1794. [244] _Ibid._, Aug. 25, 1794. [245] _Ibid._, Dec. 8, 1794. [246] _Independent Chronicle_, Dec. 11, 1794. [247] _Ibid._, Nov. 27, 1794. [248] _Cf. supra_, pp. 89 _et seq._ [249] _Cf._ _Independent Chronicle_, Dec. 22, 25, and 29, 1794; Jan. 8 and 15, 1795. [250] _Ibid._, Jan. 12, 1795. [251] _Ibid._, Jan. 15, 1795.