WhatatreasurewillbefoundinGeneralWashington’scabinet，whenitshallpassintothehandsofascandidafriendtotruthashewashimself！Whennolonger，likeCaesar’snotesandmemorandumsinthehandsofAnthony，itshallbeopentothehighpriestsoffederalismonly，andgarbledtosaysomuch，andnomore，assuitstheirviews！
Withrespecttohisfarewelladdress，totheauthorshipofwhich，itseems，thereareconflictingclaims，Icanstatetoyousomefacts。Hehaddeterminedtodeclinere-electionattheendofhisfirstterm，andsofardetermined，thathehadrequestedMr。
Madisontoprepareforhimsomethingvaledictory，tobeaddressedtohisconstituentsonhisretirement。Thiswasdone，buthewasfinallypersuadedtoacquiesceinasecondelection，towhichnoonemorestrenuouslypressedhimthanmyself，fromaconvictionoftheimportanceofstrengthening，bylongerhabit，therespectnecessaryforthatoffice，whichtheweightofhischaracteronlycouldeffect。
When，attheendofhissecondterm，hisValedictorycameout，Mr。
Madisonrecognizedinitseveralpassagesofhisdraught，severalothers，wewerebothsatisfied，werefromthepenofHamilton，andothersfromthatofthePresidenthimself。TheseheprobablyputintothehandsofHamiltontoformintoawhole，andhenceitmayallappearinHamilton’shand-writing，asifitwereallofhiscomposition。