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1809.
REPEAL OF EMBARGO.
453

has triumphed," wrote Josiah Quincy, February 27, immediately after the repeal; "his intrigues have prevailed."[1]

In a spirit widely different from that of Randolph and Quincy, Nathaniel Macon, February 28, wrote to his friend Nicholson,—

"Otis, the Secretary of the Senate, has this moment informed the House of Representatives that the Senate have agreed to the amendments made by the House to the Bill to repeal the embargo.
"The Lord, the mighty Lord, must come to our assistance, or I fear we are undone as a nation!"[2]
  1. ↑ Quincy's Life of Quincy, p. 185.
  2. ↑ Macon to Nicholson, Feb. 28, 1809; Nicholson MSS.
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