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 " 6 Ire extremely egsatifed to iears, that the unfaverable statements made n sev- eral oi ffie newspapers, regarding the health oi the venerable Ex-President Madison are somewhat exaggerated. He does fpt ap- pear to be Tn immediate danger, although he IS extfemely feeble, and labouring under a disease ot 2 somewhat complicated daarac- ter, which prevents linn from iEae4sslsina the active intellectual and corporeal efforts, to which he has been, through long life, accustomed. On this account. it has been en]elned him not 10 harass bimself by n- ordinate attentionto the numerous questions ot interest necessarily propounded to him regarding the constitutional history of the eonutryy of which refer to the various ab. sorbing scenes of which he has formed so important q part, and oa many of which his voice IS esteemed .oracular. At the ad- vanced age of eighty-three, and upwards, and afflicted with rheumatism in his hands, 1t need scarcely be said that the exerton demanded in replying to such inquiries must be lrksome, even as respects the mere man. nai part, yet many questions require an- sWers, which Ii complete, would extend to volumes. For all this kind of labour bis feeble frame IS inadequate. and when the fact IS once known, 1t will doubtless be no longer expected of him. Every patriot and philanthropist burns with glow ofvenera- tion towards this illustrious beneiactor of his country and his race and will panse be- fore he requests of him any exertion of mind or body, which might tend even in the most remote degree, to curtail the existence, or diminish the comforts of one whose whole life has been so ardenfy devoted to the good of humanity. Phitad. Nd. Gaz