![]() We shall form to the American union a barrier against the dangerous extension of the British Province of Canada and add to the Empire of liberty an extensive and fertile Country thereby converting dangerous Enemies into valuable friends. Our connection with Spain is already important and will become daily more so. Besides this the antient part of American history is written chiefly in Spanish. Spanish is most important to an American. Yet our repeated attempts to effect this by prohibitions, and by imposing duties which might amount to a prohibition, have been hitherto defeated by his majesty's negative: thus preferring the immediate advantages of a few British corsairs. But previous to the infranchisement of the slaves we have, it is necessary to exclude all further importations. The abolition of domestic slavery is the great object of desire in those colonies where it was unhappily introduced in their infant state. This abomination must have an end, and there is a superior bench reserved in heaven for those who hasten it. I congratulate you, my dear friend, on the law of your state for suspending the importation of slaves, and for the glory you have justly acquired by endeavoring to prevent it forever. While this gives a moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise, and independence to the mind. As to the species of exercise, I advise the gun. The most fortunate of us, in our journey through life, frequently meet with calamities and misfortunes which may greatly afflict us and, to fortify our minds against the attacks of these calamities and misfortunes, should be one of the principal studies and endeavours of our lives. If I am to meet with a disappointment, the sooner I know it, the more of life I shall have to wear it off. Quotes If I am to succeed, the sooner I know it, the less uneasiness I shall have to go through. 1.6.6 Letter to Albert Gallatin (16 June 1817).1.6.4 Letter to Joseph Milligan (6 April 1816).1.6.1 Letters to John Wayles Eppes (1813).1.5.4 Second Presidential Administration (1805-1809).1.3.7 Letter to Thomas Mann Randolph (1787).1.3.3 Letter to the Marquis de Chastellux (1785).1.3.1 Letter to George Rogers Clark (1780).1.2.2 Declaration of Independence (1776).1.2.1 A Summary View of the Rights of British America (1774).
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