Not to contemplate, though it is a serious object, the loss which you say the General Government will sustain in the article of Import, THE STUPOR, OR LISTLESSNESS WITH WHICH OUR PUBLIC MEASURES SEEM TO BE PERVADED, is to me a matter of DEEP REGRET. Indeed, it is so strange an appearance that I cannot but wonder how MEN WHO SOLICIT PUBLIC CONFIDENCE OR WHO ARE EVER PREVAILED UPON TO ACCEPT OF IT CAN RECONCILE SUCH CONDUCT WITH THEIR OWN FEELINGS OF PROPRIETY. The delay is inauspicious to say the best of it and THE WORLD MUST CONDEMN IT. With sentiments of the sincerest friendship, I am...
Your affectionate - G. Washington Mount Vernon, April 10, 1789
He said it first.....
Your affectionate - G. Washington Mount Vernon, April 10, 1789
He said it first.....
