The National Intelligencer And Washington Advertiser

The following is the Answer of the President of the U. S. to a late Address from the Republican Citizens of the city and county of New-York :-

MONTPELIER, SEPT. 24, 1809.

Gentlemen,

Your letter of the 16th ult. covering an address by the General Republican Committee of New York, having been duly received, I now inclose an answer, with a tender to you of my respects and good wishes.

JAMES MADISON.

Abraham Bloodgood, Chairman,
Judah Hammond, Sec.
General Republican Committee of New York.

To the General Republican Committee of the City and County of New York.

I have received, fellow citizens, your address bearing date the 15th instant, with a due sense of the kind sentiments it expresses, and of the favorable light in which it views my advancement to the Executive Trust, and the several considerations which led to it. In proportion as the present situation of our country is interesting, it is consoling to find the conviction becoming universal, that the difficulties rendering it so, have resulted from the accumulated wrongs committed by the principal belligerent nations, in spite of the justice and forbearance of the U. States, which ought to have averted them, and that the only remedy is to be found in a firm and patriotic support of the measures devised and pursued by the constituted authorities. The pledge and example of this duty, presented in your address. is entitled to the highest praise. Devoutly praying that a sympathy and emulation every where, may, under the Divine Blessing, have the happy effect of preserving to our country the advantages of peace, without relinquishing its rights or its honor, I tender to you and to those whose sentiments you have conveyed, my cordial respects and my best wishes.

JAMES MADISON
September 24, 1809.