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Letter written by Thomas Jefferson to James Heaton, May 20, 1826. In a letter to James Heaton, Whig state representative from Ohio, Thomas Jefferson explained his public stance on slavery. Near the end of his life, Jefferson justified his inaction for trying to end slavery during his presidency with the following explanation in a letter to James Heaton:??DEAR SIR,??????????????????????Monticello, May 20.26??The subject of your letter of April 20, is one on which I do not?permit myself to express an opinion, but when time, place, and occasion may give it some favorable effect. A good cause is often injured more by ill-timed efforts of its friends than by the arguments of its enemies. Persuasion, perseverance, and patience are the best advocates on questions depending on the will of others. The revolution in public opinion which this cause requires, is not to be expected in a day, or perhaps in an age; but time, which outlives all things, will outlive this evil also. My sentiments have been forty years before the public. Had I repeated them forty times, they would only have become the more stale and threadbare. Although I shall not live to see them consummated, they will not die with me; but living or dying, they will ever be in my most fervent prayer. This is?written for yourself and not for the public, in compliance with your?request of two lines of sentiment on the subject. Accept the assurance of?My good will and respect?? Thomas Jefferson.

Excerpt from The Warning of Thomas Jefferson: Or a Brief Exposition of the Dangers to Be Apprehended to Our Civil and Religious Liberties, From Presbyterianism The French Confession declares that God hath delivered the sword into the magistrate's hand, that so sins committed against both tables of God's law, not only against the second, but the first also, may be suppressed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A lengthy discussion of debts, currency, interest bearing certificates and the assumption of state debts by the Federal Government. Mentions Mr. Blair, Edmund Randolph, Mr. Foster, George Nicholls. Jefferson offers to forgive the debt of Mr. Berrons in exchange for books equal to the amount of the debt. Closes the letter with mention of family and announces that he is a grandfather.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1844 edition. Excerpt: ... boring through their tongues with red hot irons, whether male or female, and such like inhuman barbarities." Accordingto the same author, p. 218, a law was made by the court of Boston, October 20, 1658. We extract a part: --"Whereas, there' is a pernicious sect (commonly called Quakers) do take upon them to change and alter the received laudable customs of our nation, and also to destroy the orders'of the churches, by denying all established forms of worship; for prevention thereof, this court doth order and enact, that every person or persons being convicted to be of the sect of the Quakers, shall be sentenced to be banishedVpon pain of death." It will be observed that these laws are in perfect harmony with the Confessions above given, but the principal article found in all these Confessions of Faith, and in that of Presbyterianism of this country, and which they believe as a positive commandment revealed to them by Almighty God, is (Confession of Faith, pp. 218, 219, Quest. 108) "the disapproving, detesting, opposing all false worship, and according to each one's place and calling, removing it and all the monuments of idolatry." Here is a pretended commandment from Almighty God, directly opposed to civil and religious liberty, hostile to all other denominations, and inimical to the Constitution of the United States, as that Constitution recognizes the right of all worshipping God according to their own predilections. We hope every friend of human rights will weigh it well. It is a commandment which enjoins upon all, from the petty tipstave in our courts up to the President of the United States, to "remove, according to each one's place and calling, all false worship, and all the monuments of idolatry." But this we are told means "moral...

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