Atfirstblushitmayberalliedasatheoreticalspeculation；butexaminationwillproveittobesolidandsalutary。Itwouldfurnishmatterforafinepreambletoourfirstlawforappropriatingthepublicrevenue；anditwillexclude，atthethresholdofournewgovernmentthecontagiousandruinouserrorsofthisquarteroftheglobe，whichhavearmeddespotswithmeansnotsanctionedbynatureforbindinginchainstheirfellow-men。Wehavealreadygiven，inexampleoneeffectualchecktotheDogofwar，bytransferringthepoweroflettinghimloosefromtheexecutivetotheLegislativebody，fromthosewhoaretospendtothosewhoaretopay。Ishouldbepleasedtoseethissecondobstacleheldoutbyusalsointhefirstinstance。Nonationcanmakeadeclarationagainstthevalidityoflong-contracteddebtssodisinterestedlyaswe，sincewedonotoweashillingwhichmaynotbepaidwitheaseprincipalandinterest，withinthetimeofourownlives。Establishtheprinciplealsointhenewlawtobepassedforprotectingcopyrightsandnewinventions，bysecuringtheexclusiverightfor19。insteadof14。
years_[alineentirelyfaded]_aninstancethemoreofourtakingreasonforourguideinsteadofEnglishprecedents，thehabitofwhichfettersus，withallthepoliticalhereciesofanation，equallyremarkableforit’sencitementfromsomeerrors，aslongslumberingunderothers。Iwriteyounonews，becausewhenanoccasionoccursIshallwriteaseparateletterforthat。
ADIEUTOFRANCE
_ToMadamed’Enville_
_NewYork，April2，1790_