The period for a new election of a citizen to administer the executive government of the United States being not far distant, and the time actually arrived when your thoughts must be employed in designating the person who is to be clothed with that important trust, it appears to me proper, especially as it may conduce to a more distinct expression of the public voice, that I should now apprise you of the resolution I have formed, to decline being considered among the number of those out of whom a choice is to be made.
Highfalutin' language from everybody's rich, white, grandpa. The indigenous and imported excluded, of course.
His ruminations halted dynastic rule as he knew it. After that it was open for interpretation.
All history is tragic, this we know.
Thanks to CD for this, a nice find in the U.S.'s shared time of celebration.
TS
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