CHAPTER XVII. Renominated as President.--Letter to Mazzei.--Slanders against Jefferson.--Sad Visit to Monticello.--Second Inauguration.-- Receives the Bust of the Emperor of Russia.--Letters to and from the Emperor.--To Diodati.--To Dickinson.--To his Son-in-law.-- Devotion to his Grandchildren.--Letter to Monroe.--To his Grandchildren.--His Temper when roused.--Letter to Charles Thompson.--To Dr. Logan.--Anxious to avoid a Public Reception on his Return home.--Letter to Dupont de Nemours.--Inauguration of Madison.--Harmony in Jefferson's Cabinet.--Letter to Humboldt.--Farewell Address from the Legislature of Virginia.-- His Reply.--Reply to an Address of Welcome from the Citizens of Albemarle.--Letter to Madison.--Anecdote of Jefferson. Weary of office, and longing for the tranquillity of private life amidst the groves of his beautiful home at Monticello, it was the first wish of Jefferson's heart to retire at the close of his first Presidential term. His friends, however, urged his continuance in office for the next four years, and persisted in renominating him as the Republican candidate in the coming elections. There were other reasons which induced him to yield his consent besides the entreaties of his friends. We find these alluded to in the following extract from a letter written to Mazzei on the 18th of July, 1804: I should have retired at the end of the first four years, but that the immense load of Tory calumnies which have been manufactured respecting me, and have filled the European market, have obliged me to appeal once more to my country for justification. I have no fear but that I shall receive honorable testimony by their verdict on these calumnies. At the end of the next four years I shall certainly retire. Age, inclination, and principle all dictate this. My health, which at one time threatened an unfavorable turn, is now firm. During the summer of 1804 Jefferson made his usual visit to Monticello, where his quiet enjoyment of home-life was saddened by the remembrance of the painful scenes through which he had so lately passed there. At the time of his second inauguration, on the 5th of March, 1805, Jefferson was in his sixty-second year. His inaugural address closed with the following eloquent words: