The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle

It is said that the Great Commoner has lately made the following patriotic proposal: That, upon condition he was permitted to act upon his own Principles for the publick good, without any one interfering, he would get four or five noblemen and gentlemen, whose patriotism is as unquestionable as his own, who, together with himself, would with the greatest alacrity, serve their country without fee or reward; and that they would not accept or desire the smallest share of the emoluments belonging to the offices they would fill in the administration, but that the same should be entirely appropriated to the use of the publick.