"We fear, "First--That you will turn all the Federalists out of office. "Second--That you will put down the navy. "Third--That you will wipe off the public debt "Now, if you will declare, or authorize your friends to declare that you will not take these steps, your election will be made sure." Mr. Jefferson replied, "Gouverneur Morris, I naturally want to be President, and yet I cannot make any terms to obtain the position. "I shall never go into the office by capitulation. I cannot have my hands tied by any conditions which would hinder me from pursuing the measures which I deem best for the public good. "I must be perfectly free. The world can judge my future course by that which I have hitherto followed. "I am thankful to you for your interest, but I cannot make the slightest promise." THE MOULD-BOARD OF LEAST RESISTANCE. Mr. A. J. Stansbury says: "I heard John Randolph (who hated Jefferson) once describe, in his own biting, caustic manner, the delight expressed by him in a new model for the mould-board of a plough. "It was called 'the mould-board of least resistance;' and the inventor had gone into a very profound mathematical demonstration, to prove that it deserved its name. "Jefferson listened and was convinced; and deeming it a great discovery, recommended it, with zeal, to all his agricultural friends. "The Virginia planters, accordingly (who thought every thing of their great man as a natural philosopher), agreed, many of them, to take this new 'mould-board of least resistance.' "It was accordingly cast, and forwarded to their farms; when lo! on trial, no ordinary team could draw it through the soil." JEFFERSON AS AN INVENTOR. "He sometimes figured as an inventor himself, and on that subject let me relate to you an anecdote which vividly portrays the character of his mind. You know that he had perched his country seat on a mountain height, commanding a magnificent prospect, but exposed to the sweep of wintry winds, and not very convenient of access. "Not far from Monticello, and within the bounds of his estate, was a solitary and lofty hill, so situated as to be exposed to the blast of two currents of wind, coming up through valleys on different sides of it. "Mr. Jefferson thought this would be an admirable position for a wind-mill; and having recently invented a model for a saw-mill to be moved by vertical sails, he sent for an engineer and submitted it to his judgment. "The man of professional science examined his plan, and listened with profound attention and deference to Mr. Jefferson's explanations of it, and to his eloquent illustration of the advantages it would secure. "He very attentively heard him through, but made no comment upon the plan. "'What do you think of my idea?' said Mr. Jefferson. "'I think it is a most ingenious one,' was the reply, 'and decidedly the best plan for a saw-mill I have ever seen.'