Monticello, Nav 95, 1928
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DEAR SIR II have received your let
ter Of the 18th Of this month, and at the
same time, was delivered me by Capt.
Barlow, piece Of domestic fabric called
negro cloth, containing "a yards, for my
acceptance and inspection. | thank you
for the kind and very fatteriEg express
sions contained in your letter, and for
the handsome present Of :he cloth.
should be happy 10 return you something
more solid than empty thanks.


You ask my opinion of the American
System. Relative to that somewhat alb
sorbing question, should hope the sohoze
Of my past life and policy had gi0en a
satisfactory reply. ] have always been
cf opinIon that the people Of this nation
should manufacture ALL the fabrics that
their exigencles demand, if they can dc
so--and that they CAN do so, without
applying TO the workshops of England
France and Germany, who vii doubt
Cotton and Wooden we make in rare a
bundance, and of a quality quite good
enough to answer all our wants and de-
mands. Why then should we travel ic
Europe for our suppliese For our Silks
and fine Linen we must for some time
10 come goto the workshops ofEurope
but apprehend the day is not far dis
tant when even they will be naanufaciur
cd by NATIVE INDUSTRY.