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JAMES CALDWEL TO WORTHINGTON

Zanesville 14th Decr. 1811

Dear Sir

I Received your obligeing letter of the 7th Inst. with the enclosed paper of that date, I have been highly pleased, at the firm ground taken and dignified Stand made by the Executive, in the correspondence between our Secretary Monrow and the British minister and the manly and [illeg.] character of the Presidents Message; we have noticed here, with great pleasure the report of the Committee of foreign relations, and the recent proceedings of the house of Representatives on that Subject, nothing appears to be wanting but the adoption of the measures therein recommended, to enable our citizens, to chastise the repeated and increasing outrages and daring insolence of the British Government, on this subject the republicans have one mind and entertain but one centiment, and they will feal much disappointed Should congress refuse to carry into effect measures at least as war like as those reported by the committee & voted on by the house of representatives, but we have the fullest confidence that when the Senate is called upon to act on that subject that the result will end to our entire satis- faction - in the event of a war with England, I think with you that the Indians would be troublesome, considering the defenceless situation of our fronteers, but I trust that with the assistance of arms from the Genl Government and the aid of volunteers from Kentuckey we shall have nothing to fear - and in the event of an army of the United States being sent to affect the conquest of Cannady we would have no invation to apprehend from the British on that quarter, indeed from every view I can take of the subject I have been unable to discover on what quarter the British could do the U.S. any material injury and we would at least conquire Cannady & humble their over bearing pride -

nothing of consequence has yet transpired here, Huntington has brought forward the old resolution but in this attempt to introduce confution I am positive he must fail, - we talk here of dividing the State into Congressional districts some are of the opinion that a general ticket would be preferable will you give me your opinion on the subject, if I am Sir yours, with much respect

James Caldwell

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