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Post by Addie on Jun 19, 2014 22:26:25 GMT -5
To the honorable John Adams, Vice-President of these united States, and to the honorable Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury:
I hope this correspondence finds you well. While I admit I am new to the government of this country, only having been elected to represent the port city of Charleston in the State of South Carolina recently, I must admit that I am honored to count among my colleagues such dedicated servants such as yourselves.
I write for the main reason to note that the idea and the dream of a National Bank cannot, nor should not, die given the recent vote in Congress. As a young nation, we need an institution that can help to maintain financial order, establish credit for both public and private persons, and to promote stability in the nation's currency. We need an institution that will assist in the funding of public projects and promote private investments that will be backed by the full faith and credit of these united States and that will build financial strength that we will need in our overseas dealings. Such effort will need to be taken on if, like Republicans suggest, we are to take on debt incurred by the several States prior to the founding of the current government, and it is my hope that such messaging, and such compromise, may end with a beneficial result for the individual and the united States.
I write this knowing, of course, that your knowledge of the benefits of such an institution and your desire to see such an institution established no doubt eclipse my own. I know that your disappointment with the attempt in Congress to pass the legislation no doubt similarly eclipses my own. But I want to write to say that I do not intend to give up. I intend to, working with yourselves, reintroduce the Bank legislation, and to pass it through Congress with help of all those who share our ideas and who believe in the strength of this country.
I fully intend to stand with the Federalists as it is they who have been instrumental in building the government that we have today- a strong government that I am sure will stand the test of time. And while there are some whose faith has been shaken, it is my intent that, starting with the Bank, we can develop a unified program that will restore the faith of elected representatives as well as the people.
It is with great respect that I write. Sincerely yours, I am
/s/
Andrew Beaumont
Congressman for South Carolina's 1st Congressional District
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Post by Addie on Jun 20, 2014 12:28:29 GMT -5
To the honorable Frederick Muhlenberg, Speaker of the House of Representatives for the First Congress:
I hope this correspondence finds you well, and I must start by saying that of all the men called to serve the birth of this Republic that you have among the most difficult jobs, serving as the chief presiding officer of a chamber of varied viewpoints as we debate and legislate on the issues most important to these united States. It is my hope that your time in office is well-remembered as we have moved forward on important questions that will decide the course of this country for years to come.
As a fellow supporter of this Administration, I hope to write to you on another important question that will no doubt set a precedent for the future; my hope is that such precedent is a positive one. While the Constitution does ensure that it is the entire House of Representatives that chooses the Speaker of the House, the decision to assign duties to selected deputies lies with the Speaker alone. While I have no disagreement with the quality of work that has come from the current Deputy, the honorable Representative from New Hampshire, recent events have give me concern with loyalties and conflicts of interest.
You have heard, as have many here in the capital, of a new movement and a new political organization founded by your own Deputy entitled the "New Democracy Party." While the goals of this organization align with those of the Administration that you and I so strongly support, I believe the question needs to be asked whether this new organization is about ideals central to the Republic or if it is instead a cult of personality given the bombastic nature in which this new organization has been created and promoted. Of course this is merely personal speculation.
The more concerning aspect is what this can do for our august House. This country was founded on many principles, but one of them being the representatives of the people and the idea that while the majority rules, the minority has its rights protected. Until the upcoming elections and the seating of a new Congress, it is the group which could be called the Federalists, of which our colleague and your Deputy was so recently a part, that has won the right as a governing party in the eyes of the people of this Republic, while the group known as the New Democracy has not stood for election even once. To keep a member of this new party in such a high-ranking position suggests that rather than being responsive to the needs and the desires of the people for a strong central government that can defend the Republic, we're responsive to the attraction of a particular personality. I respect whichever decision you make as it rests with you, but I would suggest humbly that, to keep to the principle that we are Representatives of the people and not their masters, that you consider immediately finding a new Deputy to assist you in presiding over the First Congress.
It is with great respect that I write. Sincerely yours, I am
/s/
Andrew Beaumont
Congressman for South Carolina's 1st Congressional District
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Post by Bruce on Jun 21, 2014 2:05:55 GMT -5
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Post by Addie on Jun 24, 2014 22:43:13 GMT -5
Letters are sent, with some variation, to:
Congressman Fisher Ames (MA5) (Formerly F)
Congressman Jeremiah Wadsworth (CT4) (Formerly I)
Congressman Elbridge Gerry (MA8) (Formerly R)
Senator Tristram Dalton (MA) (Formerly I)
Senator John Langdon (NH) (Formerly I)
Senator Paine Wingate (NH) (Formerly F)
Mr. Jonathan Dayton (NJ)
Mr. Lambert Cadwalader (NJ)
Mr. Israel Jacobs (PA)
Mr. Samuel Sterett (MD)
Mr. John Vining (DE)
Mr. Jeremiah Wadsworth (CT)
Mr. Timothy Pickering
Mr. George Cabot
Mr. Francis Dana
Mr. Stephen Higginson
Mr. Israel Thorndike
Mr. Theophilus Parsons
Mr. George Clymer
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Dear sir,
As we enter into an election cycle that will determine the path of our young Republic for at least the next two years- and almost certain for much longer, I hope to write to you all regarding a concerning development. As self-proclaimed and reasonable members of the self-styled "National Democracy Party," I know that we both have the same interests of these united States at heart, from ensuring a strong nation to promoting industry and commerce and supporting the administration of our President, George Washington.
I understand you were swayed by the words of former Federalists whose argument for forming a new political organization were hinged around a single factor: inactivity of the Federalist leadership. It was the inactivity that threatened the creation of a National Bank, and inactivity that threatened to derail the progress we have made under the leadership of President Washington's Administration.
I am proud to write you to say that this has changed. We've put forward a new plan for a National Bank that has received the attention of Vice-President John Adams and Secretary Alexander Hamilton, and are working to pass this legislation before the end of this First Congress, without, I'll note, much help from the new National Democrats. And as for organization, we have loyal Federalists throughout the country, from Massachusetts to South Carolina, out campaigning for other Federalists to ensure that we can remain strong in the coming Congress. It may sound like hubris, but I do believe that we can be as strong as we were before. Our split, however, leaves us weak and open to attack from the anti-administration Republicans.
These Republicans seek so much, and it is obvious from their debate in the House that they seek to ensure that all Americans vote on legislation, not just their representatives. They wish to see us return to a rule by the mob. They wish to leave all the states in perpetual debt by refusing to assume the debts that accrued during our War for Independence. One of them even wanted to have a "competition" by which new states would have to battle each other to be granted membership in these united States.
And as we work against each other, it is these Republicans that stand to gain. Clearly that is not what will benefit us or benefit this country. We are not a dying husk.
We will pass a national bank. We will promote domestic expansion, from a canal in New York to port expansions along the Atlantic Coast and laws that are friendly to trade and to domestic industry. We will expand this country by claiming new territories west of us.
With your support, and with your willingness to rejoin a strong and active Federalist Party, we can ensure that, with a majority, each of our elected members will be given leadership posts and will receive the help of prominent Federalists as we continue this campaign season. Attacks will cease, and we will welcome you with all the friendliness that you deserve as a great servant of these united States.
We are strong. And with your help, and your association, we can turn our strength into your strength, and use that to the benefit of our young Republic.
It is with great respect that I write. Sincerely yours, I am
/s/
Andrew Beaumont
Congressman for South Carolina's 1st Congressional District
Servant of these united States
Federalist
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