- Jarvis Leonard
Another day of rain and melting snow, which deprived me of my walk for
exercise— I received from Mr Stansbury his manuscript
notes of my Speech in the House of Representatives, made last Monday—
They were very imperfect, and it took me the greater part of this day to
revise them— That Speech was made at one of the most critical, and
perilous moments of my life— Its effects upon the House were most
unexpectedly successful, and the unanimous vote saved me for the
moment—but it was an unwilling vote of all the parties in the House, and
the whole proceedings have already been grossly misrepresented in the
newspapers, and will be much more so— I went this afternoon to the
Office of the National Intelligencer, but neither of the Editors
Gales, or Seaton was there— I went thence to
Mr Seaton’s house, but he was not at
home— My object was to ascertain, when the proposed to commence the
publication of the debate of last Monday— The foreman could not tell—nor
whether they had the manuscripts, or the reporters notes, of the
Speeches made on Monday, preceding mine— I returned home re-infecta.
Leonard Jarvis came and took
leaveing intending to depart upon his
homeward journey to-morrow. He spoke of 515new
intelligence received from France this day, coming down to the 31st of January— The reports brought by this
vessel are more favourable to the prospects of appropriation by the
chamber of deputies, than were those before received—