MONTICELLO, June "a, 1926
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Respected Sr--The kind invitation re-
ceived from you, OH the part of the citizens
OF the City of Washington, to be present
with them at their celebration OF the Fittieth
Anniversary of American independence, as
one OF the surviving sisners of an instrumeh.
pregnant with our own fate and the fate OF
the world, is most hattering to myself, and
heightened by the honourable accompani-
ment proposed for the comfort of such
journey. ltadds sensibly to the sutferings
OF sickness, to be deprived by it of personal
participation in the rejoicinss of that day
but acquiesence is duty under circumstan-
ccs not placed among those we are permit
ed to control | should, JUDGED, with Pecu-
llar delight, have met and exchanged there
congratulations, personally, with the small
band, the remnant Of that host of worthies
who joined with us ON that day, in the bold
and doubtful election we were to make for, r,onr
country, between submission and the sword
and to have enjoyed with them the console !.
tory fact that our fellow citizens, after hall
a century of experience md prosperity, con
time to approve the choice we made.-Ma?
it be to the world, what believe it will h"
to some parts sooner, to others later, oul
finally to all ) the signal OF arousing men @
burst the chains under which monAlsh lgho
rance and superstition had persuaded them
to bind themselves, and to assume the Hless'
lngs and security OF lf-governnent. nc
| form which we have substituted restores th9
tree right to the unbounded xsrcise OF re"
son and freedom of opinion. All eyes are
pened or opening to the rights of man. ne
general spread of the lights d science ma