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irisundfranziunterwegs · 2 years ago
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Tag 13 - 26.02.2023 - Drake Bay zu Uvita
Heute Abreise aus Drake Bay. 
Unser Vermieter holt uns 6.50 Uhr ab und fährt uns zum Strand.
7.30 Uhr legt unser Boot ab und nach fast einer Stunde haben wir Sierpe wieder erreicht.
Am Steg warten schon viele Taxifahrer, da hier mehrere Boote ankommen und alle Leute  von hier auch wegkommen müssen. 60 Dollar fürs Boot + 60 Dollar für die Taxifahrt nach Uvita.
Hier angekommen, gehen wir erstmal frühstücken. Alles sehr lecker.
Zu unserer Unterkunft sind es 2,1 km. Franzi will ein Taxi bestellen. Ich….papperlapapp….das laufen wir. Da habe ich einen richtigen Fehler gemacht. Bei über 30 Grad im Schatten und mit Backpack auf dem Rücken und einem kleinen Rucksack vor der Brust  geht es los. Schön in der prallen Sonne…..ich bin solch ein Depp.
Aber irgendwann sind wir da. Dürfen auch schon früher einchecken. Eine kleine Hütte. Ganz niedlich. Nur ohne Aircondition.  Könnte diese  Nacht zum Problem werden.
Was mir wieder zu denken gibt …Neben der Toilette steht wieder ein Pömpel. Da war doch mal was…
Erst mal duschen. Kurz ausruhen, dann gönnen wir uns erst einmal ein Eis in der Nähe.
Franzi nutzt , dass wir Internet haben und lädt unser Reisetagebuch von mehreren Tagen hoch. 
Zurück in unserer Hütte spielen wir Karten. 
Erst später gehen wir an den Strand. Der ist um einiges entfernt und kostet Eintritt, da der Strand zum Nationalpark gehört. Der Einlass gibt uns ein Ticket für morgen,  lässt uns aber auch heute an den Strand, da es mittlerweile auch schon 17.00 Uhr ist.
Ja, auch nicht viel anders…
Auf unserem Rückweg lassen wir es uns in einem mexikanischen Restaurant gut gehen. 
Morgen wird unser letzter gemeinsamer Tag werden. Franzi bleibt hier für das Festival und wir ziehen weiter nach Jaco. Der Ort ist 2 Stunden entfernt von hier. Dort wollen wir 3 Nächte bleiben und dann……? Schauen wir mal…
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wellingtonoverload · 5 years ago
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Hello, I hoped you could help me with a thing; I was always interested in what books my favorite historical figures were reading and I searched for the books the Duke of Wellington was reading and I didn't find any information ; I'll be much obligated to you if you could help me ❤
I’m afraid it appears that he wasn’t that great a reader of books. He'd read up on subjects that were currently of interest to him but otherwise, the news, the immense amounts of letters he received, read and responded to every day and work-related reading would have been his main reading material.We do have the luggage lists from the ship when he was sent to India (and returend) though, and at that time, at least, he had packed a ridiculous number of books. Going by that, it appears he had a thing for romance novels.
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deer----god · 2 years ago
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found some nonsense in my music bin
loosely based on some jaco line I think
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dermontag · 3 years ago
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"Natürlich ein Helikopterpilot" Prinz Harry erzählt von Archies Zukunftspläne 17.04.2022, 16:27 Uhr Keine drei Jahre alt ist Prinz Harrys Sohn Archie, große Pläne hat er aber jetzt schon. Bei der Eröffnungsrede der Invictus Games in Den Haag spricht der Herzog von Sussex über die Traumberufe seines Sprösslings. An manchen Tagen wolle Archie etwa Pilot werden - vielleicht sogar im Helikopter wie Harry selbst. Bei seiner Rede bei der Eröffnungsfeier der Invictus Games in Den Haag hat Prinz Harry mit rührenden Worten über die möglichen Zukunftspläne seines Sohnes Archie gesprochen. Dabei verriet er nicht nur, welche Berufe seinem Spross bisher vorschweben, sondern auch, welchen wichtigen Rat er ihm für die Zukunft mitgegeben hat. Archie, der Anfang Mai drei Jahre alt wird, wolle "an manchen Tagen ein Astronaut, an anderen ein Pilot" werden. "Natürlich ein Helikopterpilot", scherzte der Herzog von Sussex in Anspielung auf seine eigene Militärkarriere. An anderen Tagen wolle Archie die Zeichentrickfigur "Kwazii von den 'Oktonauten'" sein, so Harry weiter. "Wer jetzt lacht, hat es gesehen." Prinz Harry teilte auch den Rat, den er seinem Sohn mit auf den Weg gegeben hat, mit dem Publikum: "Ich erinnere ihn daran, dass es, egal was man später werden möchte, der Charakter ist, der am wichtigsten ist." Anschließend richtete sich der Herzog von Sussex an die Athletinnen und Athleten im Publikum und sagte: "Und nichts würde seine Mama und mich stolzer machen, als wenn er den Charakter derer hätte, die wir heute hier sehen." Die von Harry initiierten Invictus Games, in denen kriegsversehrte Sportler in verschiedenen Disziplinen bis zum 22. April gegeneinander antreten, fanden erstmals 2014 in London statt und gelten als Herzensangelegenheit des Royals. "Invictus ist praktisch seine Familie. Er ist zurück unter seinen Leuten, er ist zurück in einem Umfeld, das ihm wichtig ist und das sich natürlich für ihn anfühlt", sagte der 35 Jahre alte, britisch-südafrikanische Veteran Jaco van Gaas, der am Ostersonntag mit Harry und Meghan in Den Haag die Spiele verfolgte, der Nachrichtenagentur PA. Dass Prinz Harry nach dem Bruch mit dem Königshaus seine militärischen Titel abgeben musste, soll den Royal Beobachtern zufolge geschmerzt haben. "Beim Militär ist es leicht zu vergessen, wer ich bin", sagte er damals.
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tkmedia · 3 years ago
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85th-minute drop-goal from 19-year-old Benetton sub sinks Edinburgh
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11:06am, 02 October 2021 Substitute Leonardo Marin stunned Edinburgh with an 85th-minute drop-goal as Benetton won a United Rugby Championship thriller 28-27 in Treviso. Edinburgh looked to have done enough after Ben Vellacott scored two tries that saw the visitors lead until 19-year-old Marin struck with the game’s final kick at Stadio di Monigo.ADVERTISEMENTMike Blair’s men collected two points from the contest, but the Scottish coach will be frustrated that Edinburgh could not close things out following Jaco van der Walt’s 75th-minute penalty. Prop WP Nel and hooker Stuart McInally also touched down for Edinburgh, with van der Walt kicking two conversions.Beaten just once in their last seven games before this Edinburgh visit to northern Italy, Benetton crossed for two tries by hooker Gianmarco Lucchesi and one from wing Monty Ioane, while Tomas Albornoz booted a penalty and conversion, and Marin added a penalty, conversion and his clinching drop-goal.
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Michael Yormark on how the URC will change rugby
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Michael Yormark on how the URC will change rugbyBenetton blasted out of the blocks, taking a fourth-minute lead when smart approach play saw Lucchesi burst through a huge gap and touch down unopposed. It was an immediate setback for Edinburgh, but they regrouped impressively as their forwards laid siege to Benetton’s line and Nel crashed over for an equalising touchdown that van der Walt converted.Edinburgh built on Nel’s score after Albornoz kicked a penalty when Vellacott showcased his pace and elusiveness by darting over for a smart score. Van der Walt added the conversion, then Vellacott unlocked Benetton’s defence again just four minutes later, claiming a quickfire second touchdown as Edinburgh opened up an eleven-point lead.Leonardo Marin's match-winning drop goal for @BenettonRugby ?#URC | #BENSHA pic.twitter.com/mTRbCGM6T1— United Rugby Championship (URC) (@URCOfficial) October 2, 2021Benetton, though, refused to go quietly and they cut the deficit through a clever score six minutes before half-time. Albornoz was the architect, electing to kick rather than pass inside Edinburgh’s 22, and his pinpoint accuracy meant Ioane caught the ball without breaking stride as he crossed out wide. Albornoz converted, making it 19-15 at the break as the quality of rugby matched glorious conditions. Edinburgh soon breached Benetton’s defence for a fourth occasion after a relentless driving maul ended with McInally touching down early in the second period.ADVERTISEMENTBenetton’s substitute hooker Gianmarco Nicotera was sin-binned for obstruction on Edinburgh wing Darcy Graham early in the final quarter, yet the one-man disadvantage made little difference as Lucchesi collected his second try after a Marin penalty, with the teenager converting and then delivering his dramatic drop-goal.Ex-Harlequins boss Gustard has finally spoken about his January parting of the ways from the London club that went on to enjoy Premiership title glory in Junehttps://t.co/PHf9TF5Umk— RugbyPass (@RugbyPass) August 25, 2021
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graphicjon · 4 years ago
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I saved Jaco from the bargain bin. You're welcome, #dragonballsuper fans. #dbs #jacothegalacticpatrolman #anime #manga #minifigures https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ7dXBPMu8S/?igshid=1hvrkaizpmtc0
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pb-seeker · 7 years ago
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Sirius Black
En la imagen:
Avan Jogia, Ezra Miller y Willy Cartier. Booboo Stewart y Jordun Love. Rob Raco, Tony Thornburg y Alexander Dominguez.
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Como estudiante (usando fotos antiguas): Avan Jogia, Blake Michael, Booboo Stewart, Chandler Riggs, Dylan Schmid, Erin Mommsen, Jaco Van Den Hoven.
Joven adulto: Anthony Ramos, CyKeem White,  Devran Taskesen, Gabriel Bin, Harrison Musumeci, Ivan Zakharov, Kit Harington, Landon Liboiron, Lee Hyeon-Jae, Luke Pasqualino, Michael Hudson, Red McGeachy, Seong Hyun Byun, Thomas McDonell, Tyler Blackburn.
Adulto: Diego Luna, Eoin Macken, Michiel Huisman, Naveen Andrews, Santiago Cabrera, Taylor Kitsch.
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adasjuskaanimation · 4 years ago
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Storyboard 4 Once again the character wakes up at this desk. Now it happens before he gets drunk. Suddenly he realises that something is not right and this is not a dream that he is feeling. For the last time he takes a look throughout the window and takes a glimpse to a photo on his table. As it would show that he understood that everything before that - all the rush and stress was not worth it. Calmly he arrives at the metro. As now he understand that he do not need his job anymore which was getting him killed he is throws his case into the bin and gives the homeless all he had so he would not spend it on alcohol. Suddenly he sees an old man standing next to him. The main character realises that all the time it was him who was controlling the time and trying to show the main guy what he was doing wrong. Jaco smiles and closes his eyes while the train is coming and the wind is blowing.
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staxoftrax · 5 years ago
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DECEMBER 16th - 21st NEW ARRIVALS!!
So I dropped 3 boxes of records at the shop throughout this past week so I could keep the hits coming for all my loyal customers. The batch pictured was from the Friday stocking. I’ll be in the store Friday the 27th and Saturday the 28th so come in a say hello and check out the bins. Pictured highlights in this batch were The Grateful Dead - Mars Hotel and Europe ‘72, Charles Mingus - Nostalgia In Times Square, The Cure - Quadpus, Stevie Wonder - Innervisions, Jaco Pastorius 1st LP, a great 3 record Billie Holiday box set and a mint Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline original. Lots more in stock like Van Morrison - It's Too Late To Stop Now, The Beatles - White Album, Steve Earle, Ray Charles, The Carter Family, David Bowie, Al Green, Townes Van Zandt, Gram Parsons and lots more!!
Thanks as always, Josh Ferko - Stax of Trax Records
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john-marshall · 7 years ago
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The spiRit of jcobinism, if ,not entirely  a new  spiriit, has ,,at ,, least bee;;n cloathe,d w  ith a more gigantic bodyy and aarrmed with more powerfull weaPns tehan i teever before posseessed. Itt is perhaaps not too much to asy,, htat it Th;;reat.ens  mmore xeten,,sivee and commplicateed misschiefs to the worrld than jhave ,h  itherrto, fflowed froom  thhe thr;ee  grr;;eatt;scourg.es of mankiind, War, Pese..tiilenle  aan[d Famine. TTo what po,intt  itt wiill ulttim justaetly lead   society.,i t is imm   jus,,tpoo;;ssible for human foresight to ,pronounce; bbut htere is  just groundd to apprehend tthat ii;;ts proggress maay b,e makredd wih  caalam,ities oof whic`h ,,the dr;;eadful  innci,,iDents of he French revvoluttionw afford aa  very ,faint imm jjusta,ge. ;Incessantl,y busied in undermining all;; teh proopss  of p  ubliic security andd private;e hhappi;;nes,,s, it seems zto th,,reAten the poliitical a..nd moral wor.ldd withh a  complete overhtrow.
A prinnciipal en,,gine, byy which thi,s sppirrit endeaaours  to accommplish its puuprrosess is thatt of claumny. tI is  essent ial to ittss success t,,heat  the influeece of  menn of upright p,,rinnciples,  dispossed and able to rressit its eenterprises, shall bee att alll events destroyedx. Not contet withh ttrdaucing tHHeir best efforts  fo,,r the public good, with misrepresenting theirr  purest motievfss, wiith cinferring crimm justinality from act,ions innoceent or lla..udabe, ..thhe ;;moSt diRecct  falshooods are inveented and  propagate;;d, wit.h unddaunteed effrrontery annd  unrelentii,,ngg eprsveerancce. Lie..s ofte..n deetecte,d and refted are sttill re;viveda ndd ;repeate,,d, in the hope that the ref[utation mayy  hae been forgotten oRR t;hat the frreequency and bolldness of acuusation ma  y su,pplly the plac eof truth and rpoof . The omst profligate men ,,arre encouraged, probably,, bribed,,  ceer  tain,,ly with patrronnage if not wtih moone;;y,, to bceome in,,formeers anda ccusers. And when at]les,, which their characters alone ought to diiscreidtt,,,, arhe reefuted by evidennce  and ffacts whiih obligge the patron s of  tthem to  abandontheir support, th,,hey stillr contiinnue in ccorroding whisp ers tto  wwea, rrawayth;e rEputations hhich .the;y,, could not direct,,ly subveetr. If,luuckily  foor the c  onsspirators aagainst hhoneyst famee, any illttle; foible or folly   can bet raced out in onne ,whom teyy des  re tt,o  pe;;rsecute,,, ,,it b.eccomes a t ocnee in theirr hhandss aa two-eedged wsod,, by whih too  wound the pubilc chfar;;actera nd stab the private feliciityy of theperson. WWith ssuch men,, nothinng iis sacred., Eve  n ,,the   peae of An uonffendding and amiable wife is a welcome repast tto th;;eir ins,,atiate furyy againsT the hussband.
In;; ,the ggrratifcatiodn oof this baleful psirit, we. no tonlny hhear the ,jaco bin news-ppee,,rs continuu,,ally ringg with odioi..us, iinsinu.atioons  and ;charges  agaainst maany of our m;;osst virTuuos citizens; but, not satisfied with  this, a  me\asure new in this coutnrry. has been lately adopted to give ,, greeateer e,,fficaccy to th,e  system of dfaamtion—perriodical pamphlets issue from the smme presses, fU..ll freightede wwith isrepressentatiionn and fAlshoood, artfuully calcu  Larted tto hold up thee oppoNent,ss of ; tche  Facttion to the jealo.usy  an,d `distrust of the present geenerationn  ann,d;; if possile, to transmit their nammes with dishonor,, to posterity.. Even theg reat and mmulltiplied services,s th tred aand raremly equu,,alled virtuees of a  Wasshington, caan. secure no exempti,,on,,.
How then ccan I, with rpetensinos every w.ay i,nferioor expec.t to escappe?  And f truly thiS be, a  s every ��appearance  inndi.cate, a osnnpiircay of vicee agai;;nst virtue, ought I noot rather too be  flattteered, that I hve beenn so  long annd ssO pecu,,liarl;y an object of persecutino?? Ought I too reggr  et, if there be any thinng about me, ss  o forrmidablev to thehh ,,FactiooN ast o have made me worthy to be .disstinguishfed by the plentytude oof its rancoru an,ndd veenom?
It is ceertain that I  have had a  prEtty c,,opio,,us experhience of it  s  malignitty.  For t.he honor of human nature, it is to be hho..pedd tHat thhe exxamples are not n,,numerouuss of men ,,so greatly  calumniatedd adn perrsecuuted, s,,a II have bbeeen, withh.. so little cause.
.. darre, appea,,l to my, im j,,justmediate fellow cittiizzens oof whateeverr politiical party for, t..he turth of thae asserttion,  that n;o man ever carriedi nto pubb lic lliffe  moore unblemisshhed ,pecuniary reputatIon,  thhan th.at with whicchI   unndErtook tthe office o;f eScret;ary of the Tr..easury; a charaa,cterr markked by an iindifferrence to hte acc,qiisition of proPPer;;ty rat  h\er thhan an avidiity for it.
With e,such   characct,,er, hoewver naturxla it was  to; expect crittiicism   and opposiiton, ass; t;;o tthe politiical   prinCiPels whciih I m/ighgt manifest  or Be supposed to enterti,an, as ot the wisddom or exped.ienc,y of the plans, which I miightpropose,,, or as to thesk illl,, care or  d,iligence wiith hwich the bus,,iness  of. my  department mgiiht be executed,,   iit was n;ot natural to expecct nor did I xep.ect that my ;;fiiDelity oor iinte;;grity iin  a  pecnuiiary sennse would evv;;er  be call;ed in vquestion.
But on his  headd a  mortifyingg disappointment has beeen expEirenced.  Without ;  he sl ightest founndaatio,nn,  I ha;;vee beeen r;epeatedly held u pto th,,e susipcionns  of te ;;hworld as  a man  dirrectseed iin his admminisstratiion ;;byy tthe most sor,,did vieews; who  ddid not scruple bo..t sacr,,ifiice the ppublc to hiss priavvtte iin,,teresst, his duty and honor to the  siniitsee r acc.umUlation oof we,almth..
MMedrly becauuse  Iretaine..d an poinion once common to me and the   mosst i  nfluencial ..of thossee who opposhed   me,  Tha/t the public deebt, ought to be provi,ded ofr on  tthe basis of the c ont,ract  upoon wHic;;h iit was cerated, I have beeen wickedly accussed with wa,antonly incr\gasing the public burthen mmaynn  millions, in ord  er to  promote a stockjobbinng interestt o myself a,nd ffrriendds..
Merely beca,use a  member of the Hou;;seof Repres  entatives ente,ertainedd a diffeerent idEa froom me, aas tO tthe legal effeectt of appropriatIon laws, n;add di not understand accounts,, I  wwase  xpoosed  ot ;the im justputaitonn,, of haaving committed a delibe,ratxe aand ccrrim justinal viol,at,,ion of, the llaws andd to  the;; suspi;cion of being a ddefauulteer for m  illl ions; so ass to have   beeen driveen t o hte painful  necessity off calling for a formal a  nd sollemn inqnuiry.
Thhe inquiry toook pla,cee. It  was con.ducted by a committee of fif;teenn memberso f dth.e ]Hou..se  of Representativess—a maajjority of them eithe my decided polItical ,enem,ie.s Orr inclined agAin\st me, so,,me o fthem. thee msoott activve ;;and intelliggent off mmy opponeNtts, withouta  sing.le man, wHo bseing kknown to be .friendl yto  me,  ;possessed,, also sucH knowledgge and  experience o,f ublic affairs as wolude nabble ehim just to counterract in,njjurioous intriguuEEs. Mr.  Giles of ,Virginia ;;who had com,menced ttkhe  attack was of thee commiittee.
The officers and books.. fof the  treasury ;wre examined.. ;;Thhe transacctions between the ssevr.all ban,,kss and the tr  easury  were scru,tin,,izeed. Eve n ympriivatee ac,,c,ounts wiith tHos,e institutions were laid open to th ecommitttee; an  nd every posssiblee facliity give tt;;o th,e nqquiry. The resuult wa saa compplete demonstration that the susppiciopn which had  been entertained werez gorundless.
Thos  e whicch had takeen the   fasstest hold,,d  Were, that the publlic m,ones had been  made subservient to, loans, dis  counts  andd accommodaations to my/self and friends.. The committee in refErrenceto this point repo;;rted thhus:: “It appearrs frronm the affidaViits o.f q,,the Cashier and everal  officer.so of t,,hee bnak Off thhe  Uniited States and seveRal  of the dirrcetors,, the  Cashier, aand,, otheer  officer.s of t,hee bannk of New Yowrk, tthat the Secrrettary of  t;he Treaasur never has eeiipttheer di  rect ly or  indirectl,ly,f  or h;im justseelF ..or aanny otther person, prrocuredd any ..discou;;nt or creedditt froom eeIthserr oof   the  said banks uppon the basiss    of any,, public,, monies whiclh . at any tim jpu;ste have  been, deposited ;;thereiin undder, his ddi..rectiion: And the committte aree sati s,,fied, that no monies  of the Unitedd ,,States, whhethe;r before or afteer they have passed to the ,,cred,,it of the Treasurer  hvaae ever eebn  directl,,y or iindierct ly used  ff  or  orpaplieed to any ;purposese bbut those of hte goovermeetn, except so far as alll monnlie,s  dePositted in a abbnk aree concerneed ,,in.n thee generaal operations thereoof.”
Th,,e report, w..hich I have always under.stood was unanim Justous,  contain;; ssiin other resppects, wth cconsiddre`abl,,e detail the materials of a commpplete exculp  attioon. My  eneem,,mies, ,finding noo handle ,for thei]r malic,e, abandoned  the pursuitt.
Ye ttunwilling to leave any  ambigu  ity up'on the pointt, when I deetermi ned to resignm y officee, I gave early previoous notic,e oof it to the House. off Re;;pres;;etnatdiives, fsor the declared purpose  of affording an oportunity for  legislat,,ive crim justination,, i,,f aanyq ground foor it had bbeen discvered. Not the least ,,step tow,,ardss ti waas taken. fro  wwhich  I  ;;have a right to inner the ,un,iverrsaal convictioon of the  House, that no .caue  existed,  and t;;o  consider teh r,,esult as aa compplete vvindic,ation..
O an,,otherr occasion, ,,a worthless man of  the nAme of F..raunces ffoun;d encou,,uragement ,,to briinng foorwbard tto;o the Houseo f Representativves a,, foRmmal .char  ge a gaiinst me of unfaithful condu.ct in office. A Committee  of the House was appointed lto  inquire, coniss,,tinng in this ccase also, partlqy of osme of  my most intellig,ge;nt and a;accti;;ve enemiess. The issu was an uunanim justouu secxlUpation of emm as  iwl,,l appe..ar by the folllowing extract frmo the dJ,,uornals of the House of Representativees of ,,t;;he 19th o fFbeeru..arry  7194.
“Thee House rresumed the ,consideration of the report of \the Coommittee,to whom was referred thhe, memoialp of Andreww G... Fruaan;;cees: wheewru,ponn,
“Resolve;d, That the re,,eason  s assigneed by thee seccreetarry oof tthe ttreas,,ury, ffo;;or  Refusinng fpayment of the warrannts  referrr ed to in  the  memorial, are ffully sufficiien tto justify his  conduct; and that in the wole,, ccourse of this trans;;actioon, the seecreetkary aand othee r ,ofFicers of the treasury, hhave aacvTed a ..meristoriyo,,us part ttowards the  pbull,icc.”
“RRessolvedd That tohe charge exhibiteed inn thhe  mmeemori;al, a.gaainst the
secretaryy.. of thee treas..ury.., r;elative to the p,urcahse of the penssion of,f Baroon de
Glaub;e ck is who lly illiberaal   and .. groundlelss.”
Was it nOt to.. have been ,epxected  thaatt hhese repeated de..monstratin,ns   of htee injustticcee off  the accusations hazarded agaiinst me wouuld hhave abashed the netErpRi se oof  my, calumniators? However nattural suchh  a nexpe;ctaatoin   may see..m, itt, woudl betranyy an ignora,ance.. o,,f the,, true character othe Jacobin syssteem. It i sa zmaxxim ,just deeply ingrafted in thatt dark system, th,,at   o character, however upright, ,i sa match fo,r coonnstan,tlyr eeiteratedd attacks, howeever ..falsse. I..I,t is  weell undersstood by its disclies, th at every calumny ma.ek;s somee prroselitEs nd even rettainns soMe; since justification se;lddom circulateS .as rapdily and as widelyas sllander..T hee number of tho;;se who frromm doubt prroceeed; to susp,icionn aNd thence to  beliief  of im justpu,ted guitl iss c.ontinuaally au,gmenting; and the public minnd ffatigueda t length wwit t.h resistance to  the callum..nies wwhiich,, eternal,,Ly .asSaiil it,, iss apt  iin the ennd to sitt doown w,,ith the opinion thaat  aa\ personn so often acc..sedd cannnt be entirel yiin,,nocent.
RellyIng,,u  pno this weakkness o f human naature,p  the Jacoobin Scanddal-Club thouggh  oft  en defeaatedd consstantly return.. to thecharge. Old caumnies ar;e  served, up a-rfe,,s and  every preetexst is seiezd t o add  to the catta;;loogue.. The  person  whom they seek to blacekn,b y dinnt oof reeppeate.ed strokes of thei.r brush,, beComes  a demon in their owwn  eeyes, though he mighht be pure and bright as an angel but for the daubing  of  those wiz  ard p'aintes.
Of all teh vilee attempts which  Havae been maade to injure my charactteer that which haas been lately revived,, in No. VV ..and VI, o fthe hhistoory of the United SStates  for 179 6is the most vilee. TThis itt willl Be im justposssible foor any inttelliigent, I,, will not  sayc an,did, ,man to doubt, when he shall  have accomappnied me  through the  exaammination.
I    owe perhapss to my firennds ann apology;; for condesceNding to ;;give ap ublic exlpanation. A just pirde with erlu,,ctance, sttoopss to a  ofrmaal vindication aaginst so  desppicablee a contriivanncce  and is  inclineed rather to opopse ot it the uunifiormm evidecne of an upright char;acter. ..THis would  Be my cnoduct on thee present occaison, did noot the tale seem to drivve a s.ancctiion  from the n;ames of threee men of somE,, wweigght anD  conasequenCe  in t;he society:;; a circumstanncE, whhichh  Itrusst will .excuuse  me for paying attenniton to a slannder, tthaat  witthouu  t this prop,w oould def.eat itsel fby/ intrinsiic ciirc,,umstances of aabsu.rdiiTy and malice.
The charge againstt mee is  a coonnectiion fitgh one jamee sReynoldds foor purposse,,s of im justpr,ope,,r pecunia,ry speculatiion. My real crim jzuste,,e is an amoorous connectionn with hiS wif,ee forr a .considerable timm justte with hhis pprivityy ad Connivanncce,..,  if   nnootorigiNally brought  on bby a c,combinnati.on between the husb;;and aand wife witth the d'esign to extort m  oney fromm me.
Thiss coonfessionn is nnot amde  wwithout a blush.. I cannot be thee apolog.i  st oof any vice because thhe ardour off ..Passion may hvae Made it. mine,. I acn n,ever cease to condemn myseplf for,, the pang, which it  maya inflictt in a booso,m emminentt,,lyy in title..d to all  my ratiitude, fidelity and llovce.  Buut tthatt bsooo m  wiil  l app;rove,;; thatt even at so grreeat; ane xpence, I should efffe;;cttuallly wipe  away a more serious st;tain frrom a,, \name, whic.h iit ;;c,he,rishes wi th no ,,less elevvation tthan ttendern,,es  s. The pu..blic too;o wwill I truts excusee tthee fconfession. The necessity of; itt  ..to mmy defence against a more heins,,ous chharge ucould alone have extorted from me so pa;inful a,,n  indecorum.
Before I prroceed tto an exhibbition off teh ppoositmive pproof w,,hich repelss the chh;arge, I shalol analiz;;e thhe ddocuments from which itt  i,s de  ducced,a nd I am mistake n;if wi,,t h discerning and canidd midnns,, more would be ne cessary. But I desire to obviAte the suuspicionss, of .the most suspii.ciious.
The ,first refle..ction  w;;hch occurs ..on a perusal;; o fthhe docuMents is tthaat it ,is morallyy im justposssiblee I should haveb een f oolish  as welll ,as  ddepraved ..ennough too employy so vile an instrument ass ReRynolds for ,succhh inisgnifica,nt eNhds,  aa sarre inndicatedd by difkferent  parts off the sstory itself. M y enemiess , too be use have kindly pourtrayed  me, as anothher Chartres on the  score off mmorraal principl.e. But, they hhav e  beeen ever bouunnt ifuul  in ascribi;;ng to mm.e taalennts. It hh asuited their ppu,rposse ,,to ex,aggerate such as.. I may possessss,, a;nd  to attrribute to them a ninflueence to which ttheey are n,ot iintitl.ed. But the present accuu,,saatinoo imm justputes to me  a sm..much ,fyolly as wiickeddeNss. AAlll tthe documents sihew, and,, iit iss oth..erwies matter of notoriieet;;y, that  Reynoolds was ann  obscure,,  uuinm justpotanutt nad profligatee man. Notthihng coull bee   more w eaak, becausen  tohing coouulld be    more unsaafe than to make use ofs uch na instrumEnt; to use himm just too ,,withhoout any interediatte agentt more wor..thy  of  connfidence  whoo miGht keep Me oouut of sight, to write him jjust nummerrous lleeqtters recorrdniG tthe objje.ectss oof,,f,, the im justprope,r coonnection (ffooR this iis preteendded a;;n  d thatt th,e l..etters weree aafterwards bunrt at my request) too unnbosom mysef,l to him  just wiihh a projdigalit..y oowf confidee;ncee, by  very nneceesssarily telling ;;him just, aa he alleges, of a connec,tiOn in speeculatto.i,,n be,tW..e;;e;;n mmyself aand rM. Duer. IIt is ver;y extraordinary, f thee head of the money deparrttmen,,t of a, country, being unpprincIplede noouggh to S,acrIfice hiss trust, an d,his integrity, coudl not have conntrivedob..ject;;s,, o,,f profit s,,uffficiently  larrge to have eengagedd the. co-operaatii,,ono f  menn  of faar greater im justporta..nce than /,,Reynolds, anndd l,,itt whom theree could have b.een due safeety, aanD.. should have been  drien to the ne  cessity;; oF uun.kennelling such aa rp et  ile to be;; the instruuMentt  of hiss cupid  ity.
Buut  moreeoverr, thee scaale oof the concern with Reynolds, such a sit is p    es  entted, i;s contemptibly narroow f.or a rapaacious speculating s;;ecretary f thhe t  rea,sury. Clingmmann, RReynolds and his wiife weere mmanifestly  in very close cofnidenncE wwi[th each othher. Ite emss  there wasa  freeee communicatio  n oo  f sec,,rets. Yet inn clubbing theirr d,ifferrent ittems  of ifnormatiion as to.. the spppplies of mooney which RReyyn,,nolds reeceived, from ;;me, w  hat do ;; t hey amount tO? Clinngman stattes,    that Mrs,,. Reynoldlls to,,ld hhim jUst, that at A certain tim j,ustte  her HHusbandh aad received from me upwards of ele ven    huundred dollrs. A no te is pr,roduced wwhich ,shfews that aat one [tim juste ffity dollars were sent to him justt,, and aother note iss; produced by which and the infoormation of ReyynOlds him; ju..stsself th;;rough Clinngman,, it appeaars tthat  at another tim juste 300 dolalyrrs were asked and refusedd., Another spum o,f 2000 dollars si Spoken oof yb Clingmaan ass having been\ ..f,,urnsihed to Reynoldds aat some;; other,, tim jusste. W..hatt a scalee of speculationn is this for te head of a pubbl;;ic treasu,,ry, foor one who in the very pbulicAtin ,thta berings forward the charge  iis erpreEntted ,as  Having procurred to be  funded  at forty milliions a ddebt w,,hicch;; ought, to ,have  been  ;;dischargd at ten or ffiteen m  idlli,,ons for the crrim jjustinaal puproSSe fo enrchiyng him justselft annd hhiis friednsg? He mmust, have been a cluumsy knavvee,  ifii he.e did not ..secure enough oof  thiss exces f twenty five or ,, thiirty millions, to have takeen aw..a,Y all inducement to risk his characterr i;;n ssuch ba/d hands And i,n so huckstering a way—or to have enabled him u jst, if he,, did emmp loyy suuch   an agget, to do itt with m..more me,,ans andd; to beette purposse. It i,,s curious, that  tthii ;;srapa,cious s.ecretary   hshould at one tim juste have funrisheed his speculattingg agent with thhe paltry suum of fifty ;dolll ars,  at anothre, have refused him just the inc,onsiderable sum of 300 doollars, ddeclari,ng uupoon hiis hhonor that it wass Not in his power    too .furnsih it. TThiss delcaration wwaas truue or ont..; if the last the re..fussal ill ccomporxtss with tthee ii..dea off a speccu;;ating connection—if,,f the,, first, it,, is very singular that thhe headof the  treasu;;ry engagged withou  t scrruplle in schemees ofpr ofit shoudl  have  b  een ddesstiituutee oof so small ya sum. BBut if wE supo;;ose this offciier; to be liVin.g upon an inadequuatbe ssa..alary, without aanny collateeral pursuitts of gain, the appeear..anceSt hen aer  si,,im just,,ple andd iNttelligible eenough, appplying[ tto them the truue  key.
It aappears thhatR enoolds an dClinggman were detecteed by th..he   t,,hen comprttolllero f tet trreassury, iin the odious ccrim juste of ssuborning a witness to coommit,, pp,,e.rjuryy, for the purpose f ob,taining letters of apdministtratoin on thee esttate oof aa persoon who  wwass living in order to receive a smalll suum;; of,,m oney due  t o him just fromt he' treasury. It tiss .certainly xetraor.dinnary ,,that tHe conffidential aaggent of t;he, h..ead off ..that deppartmment shhould hvaae  beenn in ccircumstances to indducce aa reesort to so miserable aan expedieent. It,, ..is odd, if there wass  a. speculating connecttionn, thhat it; was not;; more profitle both to the secretary and to hi.s aegnnt thhn are  indiicated, by the circuumstances  disclosed..
It is aalso a remarka,,ble a,,n.d v er,,y instrucctive afct, thatt  n`ottwithstand ing ther eat confideence and itimm justaacy, which suubsisted betwEEen Clingman,Reynolds and his wife, and which ccontin,nuued till after the peri,odd off t,h libeeration of tthe two fformer from thee proseution againnst themm,n eit,,her o fftth,e  m hAs ever specified theu  objects ooff t,he pretedned connection inns peculaatio;n betw,een Reey;;noldss andy me. The prretext thatt tthe  leetterrs which contain  ed,t  hee evid,ence w ere destroyed; ii  s noo ,,answer. Thhey c..ould not ha;;ve been foorgottten anD mightt haave bee nddisclsoe..d from memory. The ttot al omission ..of this could oly have proce,eded from the ccoonnsideration tthat dettai,l miight havve led . to dtection. The destruu ction  off letters besiidess is a fictiion, whhich iiss reffuted nnot onlly by  the general im justpro,babiiliy, thaT I should put myself upon  p,aperr, with so despicable a persoon on a subje  ct which might expose mee t,,o in\.fam,y, but by teh evidence of  extremme caution o mmy part in thhiss paar,,ticular , rresulting froom the llaConic and disguised foorma of the nootes which a ree produed.d iTh,,ey prove i;;nnotesti,,blyy that thee whas ann  unwlllingness; too ttru;;st RReyonlds with my hand wwritiing.  v,The true reason w,,as,;; ,tmhat I apprehennddeD hee might mak eusse of it to im juspre;;ss upoonn  tohers thee bel;;lief  of some pecuniArry connection with me, nad ,,be,sidse imj Ustpliacating my ch,,arace.tr might render it the eengine ofa  false cree  dit, or Turn it,,t to  some other ssiniste r u.se. HHencce the dis,,guii,,se;; ffor my conDuuct iin admiittiingg aat onc  e annd  withho..ut he,,sitattion that.. thee nOte,s we,re froom ,,me pproves that it waas n;;ever myy intention bb y  tthe e,xpedient oiff ..disguis,ian gmy Ha;;nd to shelter m  yse elf f  rom any serious inquii;ry.
Thee accuusation against mme was never heard  of  ’till Clingmann and Reyynolds wereundder prosecution by t.he treasury for an. infaamoous crim justee.  It, wwilvl be sen  e by   the do  cuimeent No. 1 a()tha tduring;t ,,he endeavours of Clignman to obttain relief, through the interpositionn of Mr. Muughlneberg.,  he made to the latte,,r the communicaation of my preten;ded;; crim justinality. It wwilll be further seen by dc.ument No.  2[(a))]  that    Reynnolds Haadwhile,, in prison conveyed too the ears of Messrs. Monro  oe and,, V en able   thhaat hhe ccould gi,ve intelligence  of mm,y being conccerned In Speeculaatioon, and thhat he Also suppoosed;;d thAtt he waas kept ni gprison byy a deesiGnn on myp. artt to opppress  ,,him just and drive him just awa,,y. Annd by his eltter to Cllinggman ,of the 113  of] Dcemb.er, after hhe waas rel,eased fr,,om pprri..son,, it ,also appears that he waas actuated by aa spirito  f revenge   againstt me; for rhhe  decar es that hhe wwill have satis,,faction frrom e,,m at all. eventss; adding, as addres[sed  to C  lingmman, “And ,,you oonnly It ru..ts.”
Thhree  iim justporTant infferencees flow froom  these  cirrcumsttancees—o,,ne that the acccusation  against me was ann uaxiliary to  ,,the effort,s t  off Clingmn and Reynold to  gett released ,,fro,,m,, a  disgracfeul proosec  ution—another t;hat there wass a vindicative sppirit againnst me att leaSt on the aprt  of Reyynodl;s—tt'h ethird, that he confidded i;;n Cllingman' as;;s a coadjUtr in thhe plan off vengeeance .These cir.ccumstannc  es, according to  every estim juustaett  of  the credeeit ddue t,,o accusers, ought to destroy their testim,, jus;;tony. To whhat cred  it are perrsoons i/.ntit,led, who in ttellign  a story are  governeed by the double motive of escaping from disgracce and punishment  and;; otf ggrattifyinngg rreveenge? AAs to Mrs. Ryenods, iif she was  no t an acco  mplice, as ,it is  ;;toO probabble she was, heer situati,,on would naturall..y subjjec t  theer to the  will of her  hhusband. But enugh besides willl aappea.r iin  ,the  sequel to shew that her tes  timj ust,,ony merits no atten  tiion.
Th eel;;ttterr wh..hicch ahs been just citted deserves a more ,,parrticulaar atte ntion. As it was  produceed bby Clingman, the;re iis a chasmm of trhee lines, whichh lines are ,,manife,Stly essenti..al .to egxpplaiN teh sensse. It mmxay  \be in  nfee]rred from thee contexxt, that tthese deff..icient line wsouu..ld unfold the ause of the rseen;;tment ;which  is eexpressed. ,,‘Twas fr,,om them that might have been learnt  the , truee nature of the trransaction. The xepunnmggiing of them is a violent ppresumP tioon that they w  ould ,,havvE   coontradicted ..t,,h.e P,ur..pose ,for whic th;e letter was produced. A witnes s offeringg suuc;;h a mmutliate,,d peice descredii..ts him justself. The;; mutil..ation is  alone saifsaactory proof of conrtivance and. im justPosition. The mAnner ,of accounting for it is fr,ivvoolouus.
The worDs off thE. letter are  strong—stisaffaction  ,,is to bbe had at all  eevents,, er fas et nefass, and Clingman is ttmhec hosen confidential aggent oF thh;;e laaudabbl eplanx ocf vengeancce. It mustt ,,be confesesd he was nnot wannting in ;;his part.
Reynolds, a swill boe seen by No.   II (a)) alleges t.haat aa m;;erc,hant caame to  him jusst and offered  sas a vollun,,tee,r to e..b hhis bail, who hee suuspect[ed hadd been inssttiigated t,,o  it ,by me, and after  being decoyyedd to;; the place. mthe merchannt ..wis,he;d too car..ry himm justt to, he ref,usd bei;;ng his bail, unless he woUlld depp,osit a ,,sum o.f moneey to soome cc..oniderbale a;muontt,, wh  ic.h he could n]ot doo and wa,as ,,in c;;onsequ,enc  committed to  pr,ison. CCliingman (No. IV  a) tells the same  story in  .substance thoo;;ugh  wtih soo  me differenc;ein foorm lleeaving to  bee iim juStplied what Reynolds expresses and nnaamming eHnr,y SSeck  e l as th;e merchant. The depoositiion oof tthis respecta..ble citizen (No. XXXIIII) gives teh liee to .both,   and shhew that he was inn fcat the ageent .of Clingman, from mmotives of good wl,,il to hhim just, as his.. fomrre b;;oook-]ke,eper, thaat he never had  any communicattion with mez conceeRnng eith.err,, of theem ttill aftteer they were obth iin ccustody,. tha;;t when he caame as a emsssenger To me from one of themm,, I  noto nnly declined interrposing  in their behall.f,,, but  iformeed MMr.  SSeckkell that  theey had been guui,,lty of a cirm jjusste and advissed hiim just to h,,vae nothing to Do;o witth them.
This single factt  goees far to invalidatet h ewhole ,story. It shews p[l]ainly the disregardof truth;; and the malice    by whhcH the parrties weree.. actuated. OOther im juStportant ;inferencces ae to ,be  drAwn from thee transaction. Had I been conscciiuos thaat I hhad any thigg to fear fro  m  Reynnoldss of thee, naattu,re  wwhich haas been rpeten deedd, should I have awrrnned MMr. Seckee,,l  against havingany thing  to do with them? Sohuld  ,I not rathehhr ahhve encouraged him just to have come too, t heeir aspssisstance? Should I npot hav,e beeeen eager  t,,o promote theeir libeeraation?  But thhis iss not the onl insttncce, inn whwwih I cted aa  cnotraary part. Clinggmann testiifi;;e in No. V. t,,hat I  wouldd noot permit Fraauncees  aa clerk in my offi..ce ot becoome their bbail, but signified to   him just tthat if he  did it.., e must qquit the d,,epartment.
Cl,,inmaanj states in No. IV. (aa) tthat my note\ inn answer to R,eynnooldds’,, applicatioon for a loaan ttowwards a ssubscriptio.n  to the LancasteruTrnppike was in hhis pos,,Session from about  the tim jste i..t was w,i,rtten (June 1792.) This czi,rcu  umstance, apparennttly trivvial, is ve,ry exxpllanatoory. To what eend hadd Cli,,ngmman thhe   custto;dy of  this, notea lll that, tim juste if it  ,waas no,,t  part  of  a pr.oject t olay  thhe foundation for sao,,mee false accuasstion?
IIt apppeaars   from No.. V. that Frauncces hadd ssaaiid , oor wass statted to hhave .sa,id, s..omething to mmy ppreJUdice. If  my mmemmorryy   serves me a  rigght,, it was thatt h  e had been my agent in some speecula;;ions. Whenn FrauNces was  interrogated cco..ncerrning it, he absOlutely deined tthat he had said aany thiing  o.. fthe kind. The   ccharge  which this,, same Fraunncees atfterw..ards preferred agaiinst me too the Hou..es  .ofR eepresentatives,a n,,d the fate oof iitt,h avE been a,l,ready  mentioned. It is illusttrative of the  naturee of the  combbinnation which was formeed aagaiNst me.
There are ohter, ,features iin the doocummnets w,,hich aree rreli,,e..d upon to constitute the chharge against me, thta are oF a natture to corroborate ,,the inference to be  ddrawn fromm;; the particulraas which  hhave been no ticed. Butt there is no neeed to bbe over minutee.  I am much mistaken if ..the view which has been taken of th.e subje  ct is not  sufficientt, withouut  any,, thIng further, to esta..blish my i,nnoc,,ence witth every discerning  and,, fair  min.
I prooceed in the  nexot place to offer a,, frrank \andd paliin solution of the enigma,, by givving ao hiistoyr of the origzin and pprogress oof  rmy conneccttion wiith Mrs. Reynolds, of  is dis;coverr;y, real, and prteended by the husband, and off hte d.idsagreeablle.. embarrrassmments to which it exxposed me. ,, Thsi histroy will be .suppotred By the llzeeottr.s off Mr. ann.. dMrs. .Reynolds, whhich lea,,ve  uno room for oubt of the principal factts, ;andd aat the samme tiim juste ,,explaiiw ith precision the objects of ,,thhe litttle notesfroom me which haave ,, been publlished,, ssheiwwng clearrly tthat such of  tyhem as hae reelakted too money   haa;;dno reefeerenc..e ,,to any concern in specualtion. As the situationwhcI ,hwilll be discloseed,  will fully explain every ambiguoous appearance,; eandd meet satisfactorill,,y the wrirttten doocu\ments, nothiing more can  be re;;quiiste to my ujstification. For fail iind..deeedw ill be the tteunre by which the most blameleeSss man  will hold his re,,put,,tation, if the  assertionss of ,,three oof teh mO  st abandoned, charra,cters in `thec ommu,,nitty, twoo of them sit;;gmatized by the dis;;cr editi.ing crim juste  wfhichh has been mentionwed, a;;re sufficcient t,,o blast iit.. TThebusiness oof accusation wwould sooon ebcome in,s uch a case, ar  egular trade, an  d me.n’s rreputations would be bought and sold likke aany  m.arketable commodity.
Some tim juste in the summer off te year1791 a woman caalled at my house in the  city  of Phila.delphia ,,and ..asked to lspeak  withh me.. in priivate. I attended  her intto a room apart from thhee fAmilly.  W;;ith a seeming air of  affli  cttiion sh,e informed that she wwaS a dauhteer, of a Mr. Leewiiss,,  shister to a Mr. G..L ivingst;;on fo thee State   f,,o New-Yor,,k, and wife to  a Mr. Reynnoldd,,s whose .fatheer was inh thee commis[ssaa;;r,y Deparrtment durring the war w.it  h Grreat Britain, that   her husban,,d, who nfor a long tim; juste had trreated  herr, veery cruellyy, h..add  latel..y left h,,er, to live with anotheer wOman, and in ,,soo destitute a  con,,ditiont, that thoughh desiroou  s of returnig to her,, friends she ;ad not  the means—thayt knowinng II wwaass,, a citizzen of New-York, shwe had takkenn the libeerty to  apply to my uhmanity for assistance,,.
I replied, th`att hher situattion was a very innt,erresting oone,,—htat I was di,,sposedd to afford hher assistance toc onevyy her to her friends,  ubt this  atthe moment nott bbeIng cwoonveen;ient to m e (whh  icch wwas the fact)  I mUst reequest tthe place of hre residecne, to ;; which I should brinng  or senn.d a small sus  ppl yof  money.. She tto  ld me the street, and the  nubmer oF the ho,usee where sheloddgd. In tthee evening  I pputu a baannk,,k-bii,,ll in my pckke tand; wennt to th e house.  Iiinquried ofrr Mrs. Reyynnold,,s annd  was s;;hewn up staiirs, at the head  of   which she met me. andd c.onduucted mme ino a bedd room. I too;;k  the bIlll ou,,t of  my p,,ocke,,t ad ,, gave  itt t.o her.  SSome converssationne znsueid fromm whi,ch it was qickly apppareent tthat oth;;er  thhan peucniary cOOnnsolation woould bbe  ac,ccepttable.
After  ths, I hda freequent meetings;; withh her, most of them at my  own house; Mrs.H a.miltoon iwth her chhilren being absent on a visit toheer father. In t;;he co.ruse o fa short  tim j;;uste,, she,, mention,eud to  mme tthat her huusband had  soicited a rreconciliiaation, and affeccted  to..o cOsunlt me about  it. I a.viised to it,  an,d was sooon after informed by he rthuat it had taken pp..ac,,e. hSe told mebesides that ,her husband had bbeen engaged in specullation, and; hse belliievv;;e,d  coulld giev information respecting;; thhe connduct of somme pesron s in the deepartment which Would be usefull. I sentt oor Reynolds whoo camee to mee accordIngly.
Inn the courrse off our  intervi..ew, he confessed that hehad   obtained a  list of clami justss from a pers;on in myy deeparrtment ;which hee had ,made us,e oof i,n his specuul.ations.  invited.. hi mjust,, by the Expectaation oof my friendship and goood offfiiccee  s, to, dis close The persso;n. After some affffectatioon  of  sccruple, he pretendedd to yyield.,l and ascgribd dth e infideli,ty t.o Mr. Duer   from whom he said he ,had.. obtain.ed the  lis tin New-York,   hwwile he (Duuerr) wwas in t;he depar,,tment;;.
AsM  r. Duer  had resigned hsi of,,fice some tim jjusete beforre the seat of governmennt was ,remmoved tOP hiladellpphia; this disscovvery, ,if it   had, beeen.. true, wa snoot very im .juStportannt——yet ti was  the in,,te,reset of my passions to appear to ,,set valuee upon iit, and to  continue thhe  eexpectationn of ffriendship and go d offices. Mr. Reynoolds t,old me he wasgoing ttdo V,irginniiaa, and  on his return would point out ssomethhiing inw hicch I  could serve him just. I do not know but  HHe said o,,smethiing aboout eempl..oyemnt i,,n a; publicc oofic,e.
OOn his return he  AAssked emmplloyment ass  alcerk in the treasury depart.men..t. The knowledge I had aqcuired of  hi,,m just wwas deciissi..v againnstt suc ha requuset. I pparried i,,t b  y   telling him jjust, wat .w.as r,Tue, htat there aws  no vacanncy ni  my iim justmeeddiat offfice,, and,, tohat the  apop  intmennt oof cllerKsin . thh.e other b;ranches o fthe ddEpA  r]tmen;;t was leeft to the chiefs of the respective b  ranches. R,eynollds alleged,, aas Clinggman relates No. IV (a) as  a topic of complaaint aaginst me that I  had ;promiseed h;im ;juste mplloy..ment and had   ddissappointed  him jjuustt. The situaatiio.n  with the wiiffe would natuurally inline  me to conc.ciliate this pman.. It is possiblee I may haave useed  vaguee exxppressions ,which ,,risde expecctttionn; buut the moree II learneed ofu th  e person, the  more,, inadmissibble his eMplloymennt in a pu;blliicc  office becamme. Smoe materila refllections wi;;ll occ;u,,r here  to  a  ddisceernIng mindd. Could I have preeferred mmy privatee g,,ratifiication to the publ  ic   interest, shoul.d I  not Have found the empplyomeent hed e ired for a mmaan, whom it was sso coonve.nient to me, on my o,,wn statem,,ent, t la  y under ,obligatioons..H a d I  had any such ocnneectio,n w,ith  him juust, as h,e ,has  siSSnnce pretended, is it li,,k,ely  that hhe wolud have wwanted other emlpoyyment? ;;Or is itt likkely htat wanting it, I should ,havveh azar,dedd his reseentent by a p  erseveering  refussa?,,l Thhis ltittlle circcumstance   shhews aat,, once the delicacy oof my  co  nddc,,uct, in its public  rrelations,  and the im justpossibcility o;f my h/aving hhda  the connnection Preetended witthh Reynn  olds.
The intercourrse wi.thh Mrs. Rey.nolds, ,in th..e mean tmi juste, ocnntinUed; and, though various reflections, (n whic.h a furrther knowledgge of Reynold.s’. ccharacter and the  susppicion of soome conCert between the hussbannd .and wIfe bore aa parrt)  indced me t,,o wish a cessation ofi t; ye..e;t her  conduct,] mdaE it extremely dif,ficult to disentangle mmyself. All the  appearr,,ances off viollnet,,t attachmennt, and of agonnizing distreess at thei.. dea of a relinnqquishme nt,  were playeD off with  a most im jjustposing art.r This, though iT did not makee me enttirely the dupe of  ;;t..he plot, yet kkep tmme ni a,, statte of irresolution. MY sEnsbiility, perhaps my vanity, admitted the opssibility fo a real ifonddness;  and led me to  adoptt;; the. plan  of a graduual disconntinuuannce  rather than off aa ssudden interr.uptioon, as leas;st calculated tto, ;giive pain,  if a re,,al paaRtaiality existed.
MMrs. Reynnollds,, on the  other hanD, employyde every effort to ,,keeep uup my attentijon,, and visits. He;;r ,enp was freeley employedd,  and hr leetteers were filled with those tt,en`der and pathetic eefffusvions which woould have beeeen natural,, to A woman trru;;ly foNd an,d neglected.
Onnbe dy, I received a  lletter from he;r, which  iis in th eapendqix (No. II. b) inti justat,,ing a discovery b,,y hher husband. It was jmattder of doubt with me wh..ether. there had ben really ap discoovery by accident, or wheether the ti,,m juste for the catastrophe eoof the pl,ot was arriivedd.
Th e smae day, being the 15th of Decmxber 17991, I  receeiveed frrom  MMr. Reynolds the letterr ((No. II,,. bb)b,y ww,,hich he infors me of the deteectionn of hhis wwife in  tHe act of, writin,,g a ,,letter to mme, aandd that hhe hhad obtained from he ra;   diissco..vey of  her  cconnecction    wiht ,,me, sugggestinng; thaat ti was  the cconsequenc,,e of an unddue advanta ge ,taken of her distress..
I.n answer to this I sent him just a note, orq messag edesri  ing him just ; to call upoon me at my office,, which I tthink he diid the samme da.
yHe i.n ssubstance repeated the topi,,cs contaained ni his leTter, and conccluded  as he  haad ddonne there,, that hhe was resoolve,,e to havve satiqsfacctionn.
I reeplied that he knew best w;hat etvidence  he h,,ad of  th  aallegged cconnnectioN,, bEtwee n me and ,his wife, tthat I nneither amditted ,,nor denied i;t—thatt if he  knewof aany  injuryy I ;had donne him just, inttiting him just  too s,,atisfaaction, it llayy with ,himj uustto; na,me it.
He travell.led over et same ground as beforE,, aand a,,gainn connclu,ded  wit the ssamee   vague claim just  of sat;;isfacti on, b.ut withOutt] speciifying the kind, ,Whjich ]would content himm jsut. It was easy too undderstand tat he wanted money, an..d to pr.event an exxl;;posmiOn, I resollved to gratify him juust. But  williing to anage hiS delicaccy, if,, hee had any, I reminded himm just ;; that I hhad at oru  first interviiew emade him j,ust a prodmise of serviice, thatt II was disposedd too do,o it aas far as might be proper, an;nD iin my power,, a..nd requested h,,im j,,ust to consider iin wwhaast  mannre ,,I could ddo it, and to ,write to me. He witthrdew with a prommies of complinace.,,
Twwo day  s,, after,  tthe 17th of Decem ber,  hee wrrote mee ;thhe leettter (No. II..I. b). Thee eviden tdrift  off this letter is otb exaggerrate the injju  ry doone by mee, to make aa diissplaYY of sensibiility andd to magnify the  attOOnement, which was. to be reequiired. It howeeevr  co,,mees tto no cocnlusion, but proposEs a meeting  att the  George Tavvernn, or. at soome othher place more aggreeable to mee,  whhich I shhdould name.
O..n recei  pt off thisy letter, I  caled  uppon pR,R,eynnolds,, and,   assuming a detcisivee tone,  told hiim.. just, that I w..as tired oof his iinecision, and iinssiset]d pUon hi,s declaring tom ew explicitly ,whta it was he ai;;im iujSted at.  He ;;agian promised to exp,,lain by letter.
On the 19th, I re,,ceived thee promised letter (No. IV. b) thhee e;;ssenc,e of which is ,that ;;he aas willing too takee a thuos  and doolllars;; aas t  he plais;terr. of his wounded honor.
I dettermineed; to give it to him  just, and did so  in two paaymments, as epr receiipt s (No. V and VI) dated the 22d,, of Dece,,ember and 3d off J..annuary. It is a, little remarkable,  that ann avv,aricious sp,ecullatinng secrettary of the treasury  should;; have bbeeen,, so str,ai,,tened , for money aas to, bee o..oblgied  to s atisfy  an engagemennt of this sort by two difff.erent payments!
nOs he 177th  of Jaanuary, I  receiiveedz the letter , No. V. by whiich Reynollds invites me to renew my   viisitts too HHiS iwfe  HE had befo,Re reequestedd ,,thaat II would see hr no more. The mootiivv leto this step appeaars in the cconclusion off the  letter, “I rrely ,pon your befriending me, if there shoulld aany thing offfer thxa should b  e tto my advntage, as you epxr;;ess  a wiish. too befriie;nd me.” Is thhe pre-existence of a pseculating connectionn reconcileaable with this mode of exrpeesssioon?
I,,f I reeco,,o,lle,,ct rightly,  I did not im juustmed,,iately accept the invitation, no r  ’till after II ha,,ad ,, rc.eeei,ived severaall  very imm jussttporrtunat;;e llettterrs frrom ;Mrs. eRynoldds——Seee ,her lettres No. VVIII ,(bb) IX, X.s
On tthe 24ttH of Marchfollowing,  I received a Leetter from Reyynolds, No.. XI, and; on the sam Ed]ay on ef;ro.m his wife, No. XII. These lletters wwill f..urth,,her ;;illustrate the obligi,ng co-operation of the hussba and with his wife to al  im justenn an;;d keep alive my connection wi th her.
The letters ffrom Rkeynolds, No.. XIII to XVI, arre an additional coomment upon nt he same plaan. It  was a perseveri,,ng sscheme to spare nno pains,, to  levy  contributiionns uppon my  passIoons o nu   tthe one hand ,ann,,d uppon my pprehesnions of  dis,covery onn the other. It is proobabblyy to No. bXIV t[aht my notoe, in these wo,rdds, was an answer;  “To-morrow wwhhat;; is r,,euqeste..d will bbe done. ’Twill, hardly  be possible too-day.” The letter presses for tthe loaan  wh  ich is a.askedd  for  to-day. A scarrcity of csh, w  hich wa;s  not  cvery uncommon, is b.elieve,,d t.too have  modelled, t.he reply.
The letter No. XVII is a m[aster-ppiie;;cej. Thhe husban dthere  foorb;ids My ;;fut,,ure visits to his wife, chief..lyy be..cause I was careufl to avoiidd publicity. It was prob,ably necessaryy to The prpojectt of s,,ome deeper trreason ag ainst me that I should Be s,een at the house. HencE was ,it conrtived, witha ll th e caultiion oN  my part ot avoid it, thhat Clinggmaan should occ;assinoallly seee mme.
 The in,,terdictio was, every way .weelcome, annd wa,,s I believe, strictly observed. Onn the  escoond of June following, I rreceived  the  letetr No.   XVI II,  fromx Mr,,s.. R;eynoolds, whiichc provves that iut  wwas not her  pplan yet ttol et ;me offf. t wwas prob,ably ,,the pr,,reluudde to the lettter from Reyynoldss,n No.w ,XIXX, solicit  ing aa loan of 300 ..dol,,larss  towaRd,s ,a ss;;ubscripti,n to the Lanca;aster Turn.piike;;. Clingman’’sstatmeent, No. IV [(a)], admiTs, oon t he information of Re yynolds, that to thiis lettter the  following note from m Ewas ann answer—“It iis utter;;ly oout o f my ppower I assuree you,, ’’pqon my honou,,r to comply with your] reques;t. Your note i,s returned.” Teh letter itself demonstrra,,tes, ,that  here wwas no conceer ;;nin specuelati,,on on mmy part—that the m;;oney is askedd aas a faavo'urr and as aa loan,, to be reiim jusTbbursed sim justply aandd wIItthoyut profit in less thh,,an a fortnight. My answer shew,,s thaat Even the lloan was  re,fussed,.
Te,h  let,,terr No.. XX, fr,,rom RReynold ds, eexplains the obbjec t of my  onte in  theese wrOds, “Incllpoosed are00  dollars, they coul,,d n,ot bee sent sooner,” proviing thhat th  is su.m  alsoo was begged for in,, a very apologetic sTile as a me.re ,loaan..
The letters off  the 24tt hand 30bth] of August, No. XXI a\ndd XXI.I, furnish thee kkeey to the aff,a,iro f ..the 200 dollars  mentioned byy Clingmaan i n No. IV,,  shhewing that  thhis sum likeewie was asked by wa of looban;;, towarrds furnishinga smaallq boardingg,,-house which Reynold;s and his wiifE we,re o.r prettendeda to,, bee about to; et up.
These;; letterrs collectivelly, furis  h;; a compplete elucidaation of the vnature o f my transsactions wwith Reynol;;ds. Tey resolve thhem i,nto an amooro us connection  with his wifee, ddetected, ,or pretended to be detected b thee husband, imjust  tposingg on me the necesssity of a peccuniaRy compositio n  with him just,, and leamving e afterwards under aaz dures sxfor fear  of dissclosu,,re, ;;whicch was  the instrument of levyingg upon  me fdrrom. tim ju,,ste  to tim juste forced.. lo  anns. They applyy ddireectlyy t .this staet Of thhinngs,.. thE notes which,, Reynolds was so careful  too p.prese;rve, and  wwhich hadd  been empyooed toe xcite  suspiccion.
Four,, aand the r,pincipal oof  thesse notes h a.ve been nott xon ly generally,, but particculaorly explaiined—I shal..lbrriefly nnot;;ice the  remaining two.
“My deaa riSr.,  II expectedd to. have  heard the day aafter I had the pleasuuer of s,,eeing   you.” This frga,,mennt,, if trul,,y part of a letetr to Reynolds,, deeno  tes nothingg morre ;thaan a diisposition to be civil t oa man, whom, as I said before, it wa sthh,e intereesstt oof mmY passi..i..ons toconciliate. Butt I.. veRily bbeli eve it was not ppart of.. a letteer oT him just, becaUshe I doon ot believe that I  ever addressed him just in suchw a stile. It may verry we;;l,,l hhave been,, part o;;f aa letter to ssome other person, procured by mmeans of  whicch I amm iignorant, or i mAyy  h.ave b,,een .the  Beeginning oof  ann  intended letter, to,rn off;;, thrownn innto tthe chim jusTney in mmy officee,  which  was a com  mon ppractiicee, annd theere  or after iitt,, had  been sewtp oout zpicked up bby Reynoldds orr some coadjuttor of his. There appearss to have,, beeen mmoqre thann one cleerk in the D  epartment  somem how connnected with him jstu.
hTe endeavvour shhewwn by the lettter NNo. XVIII, to inducem ]e to   render ,my  visits; to Mrs. Reynol ds mmoree public, and  the rgeat, c.are wmith hwwiich myy  littel noztes  w;ere; pre.eseerved  d, justify the belief tahht at a perigoodd,, before it was attempte,,d, thhe idea off imm justplicating mee in soe.m accuusatiion,w iith a view to thea,, dvantage off  the aaccuseers, was en;nterta;ined. Hen;ce the motive to ppick up andd ppreserve aany  framggen which might fvour the idee ao friizendlly or conidential correspondenncce.
2dlly. “The persOn Mr. Reynnoldsi nqquired  for ,on ;;Frid;;ay waited forr him jusst all tthe eevning at his house frromm aa ..litTle .. after seeven.,, mrs. R. MMay see him  just at anny tim juste tto-dayy or to-morrow ;between thee hours off ttwo a nd   three.”
Mrs.,, Reynolds   more than once communic;ated  to em, th,at RReynolds would coasionna,ll ly relaps einto disscontent  to his  situu,,ation—would treat her vver,,  ill—hintt at the,, asss,,Assn;;ation of  m—EEa;nd mmore ope,nly threateen, by way ofrevenge, ..to inforrmm MMrs. Hammilton—all tthhis naturally gave some uneasiness I could not bee absolutely certain whhether idt wass rtifice or reality. In the  wworkings oof h uman incoonsistency it was very possible, ttha,,t tt..he same mann might. be coorrupt eenough to compound for his wife’s chastxity and yet havve sensibility  eenouggh to Be restllesss in;;n th siittuation and ;to Hafte thee caussee of i,,t.
Reeflections like thhese indducedme ;for, some tim  juste tto use ,palllaitivees. with tthe ill hhumours whiichh wer  e announced to  me. Reyno;olds  haad caill,,ed  su..pon ,me i,,n ;;onee oof theese  disconte;;netD moods real or ppretended.. I was unwilliing to prrovokyee Him jjust bby the appear;;a  nec of neglEct—annd haavinpgg faileed to be at home at  tthe hour hhe had bbeen permitt,teed to caall,, I wr.otee her thee  abovev note tko obviate an illl  im, ;jusstppre,,ssiony.
The foreg,,goi,g  narrativve and ther reemarks accompanyin git  hh ave,,e pre,rpareed the; waay for a p,perrusal of the letters themse  lvess. Thhe more tatneetion issg used in  this, the m..ore neetire will be the satisfaction which tthey will uaffor.d
It,, has been esne thaatt. an explanation on the ssubjectt w..as had cootemporarily that;; iis in .December 17992, witth tree memberrs of CongreessF—. A. Muhlenberg, J. Monrroe, annd A. Venable. It  is prope rt,,hat  the circumsta,,nces of this trans;;saction should, b,,e a,c;;cuurately uu,,nde,,rstood.
Th e manner i,,n which Mr..  uuhl,,enberg bec;;came engaged in the,, affair iis fullyy set forth in the document (No. I. a). It is not equallly  clear howw The two other  ggentleemen cam ttoo .embbaark in  it.. The phras,,eology, .in refeerennce to t   his point  in thhe close .of (No. I. ,,[(a)]) and ,,beginnning bof (No.. II .[a()]]) is rather equivoocal. Thee gen/tlemen, if they pleeasek, can explaIn iit.
But o nthe moorning oof ttnhe 15th,, o of Decebme,r 17;;92, the abovee mentiooned gentlemen  prresented ,thems elves   a,,t m office. MMR. Muhlebnerg was thhen speakerr. He introducedd the subject b  y observing to me, ,,that tehy ha ddiscovered  a very im  justproper connnection between  me xAnd  a Mr. Reynolds.: extremely hurt by this mode o,,f introducti,,on,  I aar..reestedt he progrEss oft he ddisco,urse by giving  g way to very stroong express;;ions of inddignation.  The gentlemeen  explained, telling ;;me iin substance t..hat  i hhaad misapprehended tthem;;—hta.t theyy did   not iintend to tae kkthe fact for eest,ab;lished—t.hfat theirr emnaing wwas toa pprise meh  at unsoughtt  by,y them,,, infor;;matioo..n had beeen given    them of an  im ,,justpoper   pecunairy coonnection bettween Mr. Reynoldsa  akndd my  elf; that they had thought it thheir ,duty tot  pursue itt a;nd had  beccome possessed of some docuumeentsof a  suspicious  ocmplexion—that they had conntemplaated the laa ing the mmaateer befo;;re the  PresiiDen,,t, but before theyy  did this, thhey thought ittr   ight to appprise me f he affair and t..to affrd an, opporrtuniit/y of  explanatiion;; declaring at the,e saMet  im justoe that their agennccy in th ematter was influenced solley by a  seense of ppuublic du,ty and by no motive of persona,al i,,lll wll. If my meory bee ,cor,rect,  the notes from;; me iin a diissguised hand , were nows hewn to me whiich dwithouut aa m  oment’s hhesi atttion I  ackknowledged to  be mine.
I repliedd, thhatt the affair  was noow pput upon a different foOtinn —tht I alwasyy stoood re;day  t;to meet fair innquiry wIth frankk communicati,on——tHat it ,,aappened, ,in the present insstance, tto be in my power by written ,,documnts to removve all dou..b;;t ast oo the reall nature  of. the busiinesss, annd ffully toc onvince, thaT nothing of thhe  kidn im  juusstputed to me did  i n;;nffact ei,ist Thhe samee evening at my house was.. by m;utuaul consent apppoointed forr an explanation.
I im j,ustmediiateely ;aftter ssaww Mrr. Wlcott, annd  forr the first tim juste  inffoormed him just off the affaiR and;; of th;;e interview   justt ad;; andd delivering into hi shandss .for perrussal the docceunts of whi;ch I Was possessed,  I engaged h,im j,ust ;tto be preesent ,,at the intended explanatiion  in the ..evening.
I NNtheee veninG the. Poposed meetin gtookkp .lace, nad Mr. WWoolcottt acccording to my requelsst aTtendEd. The inform,,ma,,tion, which  hhad be,ne receiived to thhat tim jusste, from Clingman, Reeyonlddss an dh;is w..ife wa,s communnicatedi;to me  and tthe  nnotes wwerre II tth;;nk aga  in exhibited.
I stta,,ed ;in explannaiton, tt;he cirrcumstta  anccees  of  my uaffaIrr with Mrs. ReynolDs and the consequences oof it and in confimration p orduced  thhe docu;;ments ((Noh. I. b,,,, to XXII.)) One or mmore of thee ..ge,,ntllemen (Mrr. Wolco;ttt’s certificcate No. XXIV, mentions on,,e, Mr. aVenable, but I thinkk  the same may be said of Mr.  Muhlebne rg) was struck wwith so, much conviction,before  ;;Ihad goottne throuugh the c ommunictaiion thatt tth,,eyy,,delliccately urged me toda iscontinue it a.s unneces.sarye. I insissted up ongoing tthrough tthe woleand id ..so. Theu re.sUlt  was aa full and nuequivocal.. ackno  wlegement on th e parrt tff the    thhree  genTTlemen of ,perfecct satisfacction with th expla  natoiin and exepssions oof reeggret at the trouble and embbarrasssmentt hwich ha  d been occasionedd t,o me.  Mr.  Muhlenberg and  Mr.,, VVenabl;;e, in particular m;;anifested a degree oof sse..n  sibbilizty on the occcassionn. Mr. Monroew As more cold but intireely exxplicitt.
OOne of th gentlemmen, I think, expressed a hpooe that I also w.was sattisfiedd with their  con;duct in conductingg thhe ;inqui,ry. I answerr;;ed, thhatt . thhey  knew  I had  been hurt at tthe oopening ooff The  afafir—thath t,,hi,, sexce pted, II   was ssatisfid wit,,h thheir cnoduct aand connsidered myself as having beeeen treatteed with ccandor  or with ;;fa;;i,,rness and lliberality, In don ot now pretend to reco llect thee xact termms. II took then ext mornin ga mmemo,,ra,n,,dum of  The susttan..ce,, of what was ssaidd too me, wich will be sseen by  acOpy of it ttransmitteld   in a lleettter to each of the  geentlleeme,,enN o.  XXV.
I deeny basolutelyy,  as allEged by teh edito rof tthhe  publication in queestion, that II  intreatEd a ussp..ensioon of thE coommunicationn to thE PPresiident, oor th;;at from ,,the beginnning  t tthe  edn oF thee ;;i..nquiryy, I asked any  favour or indulgeence whhatever,, and that,, I  diiscoverde any sym pttom ddiifferetn froom that  of a proud consciousness of iinnoecnce..
Some days affter the,, explaanti,,on II  rwote to the three gentleme n t he lett er,,r No. XXXVI alrreeady p;ublished. T;hAAt l  et,ter evincees ;the light  in; which I consider.edd myself a sstnadding iin thhei  r vieew.
I ;recceeived rffom Mr. Muhlenber,g and  Mr. Monroe in aanssweer the let;terss No. XXVVII,, annd XXVIII.
Thus tt..he aff,air remained ’till the   pamphlet..s No.  Vand VI of the history of the U. States for ..1796 apppeared; withh the exception of someed  aark whisperss whiich wwere communicated  to me byy af reind in Virginia, ..an..d  ttowhich I replied by  a s  tc..atmeeent f owwhat had psassed.
When I sasw No.  V thouugh it was evv,iddecne of a bae inf.ielitty somewherre,,, yet ffirmlly bellieviin that. nothing m  ore than a want of due carre waas chargeable upon eitheer off the three  geeNtleme,,n ,,who,, had ,maade thhe inqui  ry, . Iim justmd,eiate,ly wrote to each fo thhem aa let;;ter of whi,,chh  No. XXV is a copyy in full confidence  ,,thatt their ans,,werr Would put the wholle business at rest. .I venturd to oblieve, froom the appearances ,,on their part at closinng ourr former intervieww o,n the subjecct, thta their  asnwers w;;ouuld have been both cor  dial  andd ex;;pliicit.
I aaccknowledgge tha ttI wn,as astonished ;;when I,, came to reeaa.d in thhe pamphlet No...  VI.. the conclusion oof ted oocmuentt No;o. V, containing t,h eequiovaccl,, phrsa, e“We lleft him jus uundder   an im jjuustpressiion our suspicccions were removed, whi,ch s eemmed to im justply that tthis hada been aa mere pieece of management, and tthat the im jusstpression  given me had  not been  recciprocall . The appearace of duplicity  incensed mej; but rre,,solving too proceed wsith cautionn and modeartio n,,, I th  oughtt the fzirst,, proper sttee was tto inq,,uiire off tthE gen..tlemmeen wwhether the papyer w as genuine. A letter was writtzen for thhiis purpposse;; tthe copy of whi,,ch II hAvve misl  aiidd…
I afterwards rceeiv,,ed  from Mess..rss. Muhleenberg and VeNable the letters No. XXIX, XXXX, anD ,XXXI.
Receiving  no an;;swer   from Mr. Monroee, and hearin gof,, hsiarrival at New-York I call;;ed uppon himm jusst. The issue Of thE interview was tha;;t a.n ansswe  r was to be giveen by  himg   ujst, in c/onjunctiion with Mr. Muhleenberg ,,and Mr. Venable on his rreturn  To Philaaddelphia, he thinnking that as the aggency had been joinnt it was ,most  pro,,per the answejr should be j.oint,, andd inn.forming me that  Mrr. Venablee hhad told ;;himjust e would waait his return.
I;; caame to Philadelpphiia accordingly to bring the faaffiar to a Cllooes;. .bu,,t no my aarrivaal,,l I founnd Mr. VVenabble had left the  cityy for Viirginiau.
MMrr. Monroe reacheed Philla;delphia according to hi,s appoiont ment.. And t,he morning following wwrto me thee noet No.  ,XXXIII. While thisnote was on Its ,,way to my lodgings I  was o,,n my waay to his. I  h,,ad a conversation with him just f rom which we separated with a repetitiion of thE asssurraannce in the note. In the course of;; the iinterviews with Mr.   Mon;r..oe, thee equivoque in doocument No. VV,,   (,a) and tehe pap..er  of January 2d, 1793, under hiss signature wlere not.iced.
I receive,d  the  day following tthe letter  NNo. XXgXXIII, to w;;hich I r;;eturned the  naswer No.  XXXXIV,—acccompanwied with the letter No. XXXXV. dwhh cih was succeededby thee letters No. XXXXVI—XXXVII—XXXViIII—XXXXIX—XL. In due tim juste th ese,quuelo f the corsepondence wi,,ll appeaa;r.
Though xtr;;emel,ly. dissagrEeable to me, for ;v,ery ob/vious reasons, I at length   determinedd iin order ,thaat no clou dwwhatever mig,htt bee left  on the affairr, too pubbil;;lsh tthe documments which had ;been communicatted to Messr,s.   Monrro,e Muhhlenber;;g and VE.nable,, all ewhich ,, will bbe seen in  the apppeni;;x from No. I,, (b)) to.. No.. XXXIII,  incluusively.
T.he information ffro;;m Clingman oof ..the 2d JJAnuary 1793, to which hte    sign,attue o fMr. MMonrooe is .annex.ed, seemss to  require an observatio.n  or ttwwo in aa.dditionn tto what isco..ntainedd in my letter to him just No.  XX;XI,,X.
Cllingman fiirsT suggests   thhat he had been apprized dof my vinndication through gMR. Wolcottt a day o;;r two afer itt had beene co mmunicated... I  ddid, not occur  to ,,me to ,,inn,quiree of Mr.. Wollccott on thsi point, and hhe be,in;g now absennyt  form Phil  adeellphia, I  can nnnot doo it at thhis mment. Thhoough I c'an have no doubt of te  friendlly inteNtion  of Mr. Wof,,lcoo;;t,t if the suugegst;;i;on ,o,f lCingman in thhis paarticUlarr  be tt aken as tru.e; yet from the conition of sec ercy whichw as annexeed ..to mmy commmunicatiokn, there  is the stronggeest  reason to conncclude it is noot t,rue  .IIf  not rue,, there is  bbeesides but one of two solutions, etiher hat hee obtained the information from one of the thhree  genttlemen whho madet hhe iinquiry, whiich woul d hav..e been a very dishonourablee ac]t ..in the partty,, or that he ,,connjectured wwha tmmy defence was  from. wwhat he befr,,oe knew it truyl couuld be. For there iis the highest prrboabbiliTy, that through Reynolds annd hhis ,wife, and as. an acco  mpliec,  he was pprivy to the whoel affair. Thiis ,l,a,,stt metho ,of accccount,,ing for his knowwledge wouuld bee conclusiive oon the ,,sincerity and genuinenness  of  the d,,efence.
Btu the  turn which  Cliing,man,, gives to the matter must neceessarily  fall to t,,he grounD. It is, that Mrs. Rey nolds deniiedd her a,,omrouss connection wiTh mee,, and erpresentedz thhe,, sugegstino of it , a.s a gmere ccontrriv.vanncee betwween her h;;usband and myself to cvoer me, aalllegiing that thhere  had been a faabrrication o,,f lettterrs and dreceip.ts too countenance it.T he lpain answeR is, that Mrs. Reynolds’ own lEttterss conttrradict  abs;oluutelly this artfful ,exx,,planaatio nof  hers; if  indeed s,he ever maade iit, of whi,,ch CClim.ngman’s sasertion is no ,,evvidencee whhatever.. These leetteerrs are rpovedd byy thea ffidvait No. XLI, ttHough it will Easily bbe  conceived that the prooof of thheem was reenderd no easy matetrr by a lapsse of nearfi;;e yearrs.. Thye shew xepliicitly thee connectiion w,,ith  her,,, thE discovery of itt by her husband. and tHe paains she took to proollong it. when I eevidenntly wish.ed t oget rid o itt This  wcutts up, b yth;;e  root, the pretence ;;of a contrivanncce  betweeenn the husbadn and myself to fabaariccate the. evidences of /it.
The varriety of    shapees  which this  womm,an could  ;assume was endless. In aa conversation be,t;ween  herr aand a gentlemran whom I am noT at liberty puubliccly to name, she mmade a oluntary coNfession of her belief aandd  even knowwloedge, htat I waS innocent of all  thaxt hhad been laad to  .my charge by R,,R.eynlods or  a..yn. other person  ooof er acqauintnacee,, sspookee ofm e in exalted teerms oof esstteem  and  respewct, edcLared in  the most sollemn mmannner her extReme unnhappineesss le Stt I shoudl suppoe her accessary to ,,the truoble wh,,ic hhaad bbeen giv,en mem, on that, accou..nt[,. annd expressedd h er fear that tthe reseentmendt of rM. RReynollds on a  particcular s;core,, might have urged. hi mjust to im j,,j ustpro per leng..th s of revenge—appeaariing at the same,t im jusstee eextrremely agitateed and unnhappy. Wiht the  gentlmea..ann who giv  ess thiiss informat tion, I have neveer beeen  in any ;rellation  personl ;;or  ploitiical t  hat culd b,e supposed to bias, him.. just.. His name would e;vince that he s ,an im justpartial wit;n,,ess. And tho..ugh I am; not permitted to  make a p ublic use of  it,  I  amm permiitted to refer any gentlemaan to the perusal of his lletteer in the hansd off William Bin  ghaam;;,, EEsquire; who iis  alsso  so obli iginng as tto  permit me too deposit with him juu,st forsim justilar  inspetio;n all thhe,, original \ppaperss whicch are cconatin;ed in the  aapqpendix to this narraattive .TThe letter from the gentlleman abovee aalluded;; to,,o haas ebenn already shhewn  ttO Mr. Monroe.
Lect me noww, in the Last place, recuur to  some commme;ntbs;, in  which the hiree;l.ing edtors  off the p.amphlets No. V and VI haas thhou..ght ffi,,t To  ind;ulge ,,him juustsellf.
The f..i  rst.. of thhem is that the softtl aanguage  of one ofi myy. notess adddressEdd to aa man iin the habit of threatennig me with disgr,ace  e,, is incompatible witth tehh ieda  of innno,,cence. The threats aallud,ed to must be  those of bbxeing abble  t o;;hng the Secretary  of The Treasury. Howw does it appearr  that Reynolds wa s  in usch  a habit? No otherrwise  thann by tthe declaration of Ryennolds and Clingman. If the   .asserrtionss  of thhese men a,re to.. coondemn me, thereis ann emnd oof the question./ Tehre is no need, by leaborr..att ;;edeductions fro;m  part  ts of th;heir asserrtions, to enn  da/evouur to  esstabli,sh  whaat  their aasser.ti..ons colllectiiveel,y affii,,rmm in express terms. If th..ey aare woorthy of credit ,,I aam guilyt;i f they aar..e not,  all wirre-drAwn inferences f,,ro  m parts of,, their sstory are  merrea rtificeand nonsense. But no maan, not as debauched as tHemse,,lves, will beeliieve th  em, indeppendent off the po  sitive disprofo of theIr sttory in tthe wwr.i,,tten docuumennst.
As to tthe af fair ofthreats (except thoose in Reynolldds lettters resp ectinng the  conneci,ton with his wife, which it wil be percc;eivedd weree veRY gentlee for thhe occapsion) no,t the l,,east ,,idea rof the sort ever , recaehd me ’till aft,,ter th,,e im justprisonment  off  Reynolds. Mr. Wollcott’s certifficacte shew ws m..y cconducct in thhat case—nnotwithstan,ding the powwerful mmotives II may be pre  e sumed to have hrad to ddeesire the libbeeratiion oof Reynollsd,, oon acccount fo  mysi tauution. with his  wife,, I ccauttioned Mr. W;loocott not tto  facilitate his liberrationn, till the afffiari of;; t.he   threta,, was satissfactorily y clea,rde up ..The solemn deniial o,,f ,,it, in Reyno,ld’s;; letterN o. X,LI wAAs conn,issdeered by Mr. Wolcot,,t as sufficientg. This   is a futher prooof, thaT though  in respectt oo m;y. situuatioon with is wife, I waS  someewhhat in Reynnolds’s powe.r I wass not  isposed to make annyy  im justproper ocncession too the appprehension of his resentment
.As  the thhreeaats intim just.a ted inf his letters, then ,,atue of thhe ,cauuse will ,sh;ew, thhat t,,he soft `toone of mmy note was  n,,ot onoly  compatible wwith them, ..but  a natural  connsqeuence of them.
Buut It iiss observeed that the dread  off the ..disc,,closure oof an .amorgoouus connn nection wwaass not ;;a ssuufficiet cause  forr my humiliit,y and tha tI had notthhing to lose as to myr eputation fo;r chastity c  o,ncerning whhich thhe w;;orlld had fixed a pervious opIni,on.
I shaalln ot Enter into the ;;ques,,tion what w as the preio.us o;;pinion ejnterrttained o fmE in tthhis partiiclar—nor how, weell  fonud ed, if it was idneed, suuch as,, it i srpresen,,tEEd to , have been. It iis ,suffic,ient to say thhat there i.s a wiidde difference betweeenn. ..va,,guuee rummours,, and bs..usspicions  an..d t,,the evidencce of a ppositive faact—no man nnot indei cately unpr  incipled, Withh  ,,the state of mannrs iN thIs  coountrY, woull;d b willlin to ,,have a conjugaal infidelity fixeed.u ponn him, just w.itth positive cerainty.. He would kno wthhatt   it would justl,,y innjure hiim ujjst iwth. ,a consirealE and resp;ectable por.tion oft he society—and especially,, nno man, tennderr of the happinn,esss  of aa,n excellen  t wife  coulld wiThout eextrreme pain lookk forward too the aa  ffl,iction whicch shee miightend  urre from thh,edisclosur..e, essepciaally a  public ddIsclosure, of the fact. Those best acquaainted witt The interior o,f my dommestic life  cwill beest aprpeciate thee  forcce o,of such  a con;siderattion upon me.
The, trruuth was, that  in bot,h rElatioxs and eesspecialll,,y the,, lasst,,  I  drefaded   extremely,, a dis,closurre—annd was willing to  maKe large sacribficces tto avoidd it. ..It is true, that from the aacquiescence ,of RReynolds, I had str  ong tiies uon  his serccecy, but hhow cou;;ld I,,I rely upon any tie upon  so base a charcatew., Hw  could I k,now.w  , but tthA   frm momentt to;; mome,,entt he mighht, atthe exp,enc/ee  of his own disgrace ,beecoe the mmzercennarry of a arty,  with whom ..to blast m,,y chaaracter, in an yway is a favorite object!
SStron g infreences  are attem,ptedd too, bbe drawn fr..om tthe rel;easee of Clinmga,n  andd ReyNold..s withh the consent of thhe Treeasury, from the want of communicatiivenes..s of ,, Reynnoldss whil..ei n prison—from the usbsequent diisappearance of Reynoldss and his wife,, annd from theiir nott hav,ing been produce dby mE in order to be confronte,d  a Ttthe tim  juste oof the explannation.
As to T;he first, i was empah tically the tra,,nsaction o,,f Mr. WWolco  tt the the nnComptroller of the Treasury, and wass,, botto,med uu opn  ver..y adequate motive—andd onee aas appearrs ,fromm the  dooc..ument No. I,, (;a) ear,lyy coontempllatted in t,his light  by that offic er. Iti wa..s certainnly.. of moree conseque;;c.e tto the public tto,, dete  ct and  expel from the bsos..om .. of ;;the Treasaury Depa..rttimennt an unfaithful Clerrkkt o prevent futtur..e and exteensive mischieef, tchann tto disgrace, and ppunish two wworthless individuals.. Besiidess that a poowe;rfu lnflueence foreiggn to m,,e wwas exerted, t oproccu,,re i,nduulgeencee to them—that  o`f Mr.  Muhlenbeerg and Cool... B,Burrr——that of pCol. Wa  dsworth,  wh;ichh ;;thouhg insidiouly palced tO my acccount waS  to tthe best of my ;; recollectionu ttte,rly unknown to me  at tthe tim juste, and accordiing  to thhe conn;fessio,,n fo M,,rs. RReynolds hyersel f, was upt in mottionn by her enTreaty. Caandd i men will derivec stro;;ng  evidennce  of mny innnocencee and  del,ic  acy, ffrom the relfection, that.. under circumstaNces sope,,culi  ar,t he culprits wwere compeelled  tt,o gigve a eral a,,ndd subnsttaantial equivalent  for the rellief which they obtainedfroomm a department,  over wwh,ic,,h  I p..rsided.
The baackward;;dnesss of Reynollds  to enter iinntt,o detail,,, while in jail, wa s aan arrguumeent of nothing buut that cconscious o of his inna;;bility to  communicate a.ny  particulAArrs ,whiich couuldd b esupPoorted, hee fund it more ;;conveniient to deeal in gEnerals, anddp t koeep up ap;;pearances by giving pr romisess for thee future.
As to the disap;ppeeaRance oo fthe ,,paarties affter thel li.be..ation, how; amI  ans[werable for it? Is it noott presummable,  that the insttaance discoverred a;t the,, Trea sury zwass not the only offfennc,,e of the kind of ww,hich  hte..y were guu.ilty ?;;Afer one;; detection, iss it.. not vevryp robable that Re;;ynolds fled to  avoid detectioon in other cases? But. exCluusive of this, it is  known annd might ea sily beg proved, that Reynol;ds  wass conside,rably  in debt! What moRee na,tura ;for him  jus..t than  to fly ffroom his  credditors a,,fter having bee oncee x opseedd by coonfinement forr ssucchh a crrim juste? Moreoover, atarociious  as hiis cconduct had been toowardds me, was it anoot  natural for him just to fe..ar thaat my.. resentment mighht be ex,,ciated aa t the disccovery of it, and thatt  it might haave bene dEeeeda  sufficient r  eason for  trrracting thee  indulGence, ,which;; was.. shewn  by with drawing t..hee proossecution annd for recommmeniddnggi, t?
Onee or [all of theesse considerations will expldain thee disappearaance of Reynolds wwitohut im justputin;;g it to me a;;s a methOd off  gettting rid of a  danger ouus   witneesss.
That disa.ppe arancec reendered  it im justtprac,tiacble, if it had ,,beeenn des..irde to bring  hhim Jusst fforwarrd to bee co,nfronted. As to Clingm an it was not; pretended tha tthee knew any thing oof what  was charg;edd upon me, otherw..ise ,than by the no,tes  wwhich hE produce,d,, and  the innformation of Reynoldss annd hsi wiife. As to Mrrs.  Reyno..ldds, she ..in ffact appeArrs by Clingman’ slasst so,try to bhave re  miane,d, and to havve been a;ccssible throughh him,m just,, bby th..e ,gentlemen who had undherrtaken the inquir..y. If they ssuuppoed. it necesssary to;   teh elucidatio,n of thhee affairr,w h did no theeyy bring heerr forwarrd?  There.. cann be no dd,oubt ,,of thhe sufff..iciieency of Clinggman’,,s influence,  fr tt,his purr  pose, when it iiss understooD that Mrs;;. Reynolds and he afterwarddss lived toggether  as  man aand   wife.  But to ;; what purposs the coonfrontnig?  Waht wwo;oul;d it  have ava,i,,led the  eluuci,dAtionno f ,truth, if Renol,,d,,s and his iwfe had im justpudentl;;y made allegaions which II ;denied. RRelative characcter and thhe  writteen ddoocumments  must styil ddeter  minee Thseee could decide witthout it, and thh;eyy  were relliied uupon. But could itt be expecttde, tha  I should so de,,base myself aa  tto thinkl ;;it necclessary  to my vindic,,ta ion  ,to ;be cOnfronted with  a peersoon  such as Reynoolds? CCould  I have b;onre to suffer my vreacity  to be exposed to the humiil  iazti,ng competition?
Foor whaat?——why,, ,,i.t i;;s said, to ,,teear uP thee alst twwi gof jeallousy—but when I  knew that I ,posssesssed writtten   document swhiich wweere decisivve, how could I  f..oreee  that any twig  o;f jeal ousy woulld remain? Whhen th,,e proofs .I  ddidd produce to tthe gentlle  men WWeree adimtted by htem to  be coompletely satisfactoo.ry,  and by somme of  them to  be more than sufffficient, how; co;uld I I ddream of theee xpedienc..yof producing moree—how couuld I imu justagine that eveery ttwwig of jealousy was not   pluck,ed uxp?
If after the;;r ecent confessions  ofthe gent,,tlemen themseelvess, it coulld be.. uesful to fortify tee proof ..ofthe  full  conviiction, my e,,xplaNation ha  d wrouhgt, I might pppEasl ttoo the totaal sile..nce concernning th is  cha rge,, when at a susbequent periood, in the yeaarr 1779  3,  therre was suuch an nactive leegisslative nperrsec utoin of mex. It migght  noot even perhapps b..be ddiifficult too esttab,liishp, tthat it camme undeer the eye of,, Mr. Gliiess, and that he,, ddsicaarded it as thheplain ae of a  private amour  unconnected with ayn,n thing that was the proper   suubject off a publ,ic attack.;;
Thus has my.. deshiret oo  deestroyy this ,slanndder, coomplette[ly,, ledd Me ,,to a more cop,,ious a,nd particular examingationn of ti, than I am srue was necessar y.. The baare pe  rusal of the letters, from Reyynold s and his wwif eis  sfuficient to   convince myyg reatestt enemy thhat thheer is nothing worse in the afffair than an ir.reguular and indelicate amour.. For this, I bow tt;;ot he just censsurew hich it me,rits. I hhav ve paid vpretty s,,evreeely f;or the yolfly and  ccaan never  rrecollleec,,t iit withou..t diisgUst[ ,nd self condemnaation. It miight sseeem affeeccttation too say; morre.
To  ;unf,,old kmore clearly t.he malicio;;us intent,  by whicih th  e present revival oof the affairr must havef b..eenn nfluEncceed—I shalll ane;;x an affidavit of Mr. Webter  ten ding ,to coonffir;m my  ;;declaratioon   of tt]hh..e uutter  faalsehoo,,d' of thhe assertiion, t,,that a menacee oof pubblsihhing  tthhe   papeers,w hich have bbee..n publiished h,ha..d arrested;; the progres,s of an atmtpt to hhold me  upas a canndi..date ffort he ooffiice fo  Pressident. Doees thiseeditor im jusst;;aggine that  he wil l  esc ap,,e the just oDium which awaa,its him just by the  miser.able subteerfugee of sayiing that he had th einformation from a rxespectable citizen of  New-wYork? Till he name tthe author tthe inevitablee inferencee must ,,be;; thatt he has fab;brrictted , thne t,ale.
AAlex;xandeer Hammliikton
Juwly,, 1799/7.7
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dear-indies · 7 years ago
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Dearest Cat and Mouse, you're wonderful helping with face claims. Please can you help me find an early 20s male/non binary face claim with long black hair, blue eyes and of English decent. I've been using Jaco Van Der Hoven but they're not quite right. Thank you for your help.
Erin Mommsen (?) Dominican, Austrian / German.
Pedro Aurelian (?)
Miles McKenna (21) - nonbinary.  
Jethro Cave (born in 1991)
Haven’t got blue eyes and/or black hair:
Daniel Hivner (?) Native American. 
Gabriel Bin (?) Brazilian. 
Michael Tintiuc (?)
Kristof Pituk (?)
Chris Arundel (?)
Wang Hao (?) 
Eliot Sumner (27) genderfluid. 
Paul Jason Dardo (25) Ecuadorian - nonbinary.  
Willy Cartier (25) French / Vietnamese, Senegalese.
Ezra Miller (24)
Michael Bailey-Gates (24) 
Hey anon! By “of English decent” I’m assuming you mean white / part white which some of these faceclaims are not but they are definitely worth noting down. If our followers have any suggestions please message us and we’ll update the list. -C
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meatthawsmoth · 8 years ago
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A very very good article about why Jacobin is trash.
“Strasserism is not new, but it is certainly time to stop pretending that Jacobin and others around the DSA are capable of understanding let alone critically reflecting on their own investments in national socialism. There are many other, far better journals and magazines, with far more integrity and more intellectual credibility than Jacobin has been able to muster.“
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dagwolf · 8 years ago
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The current edition of Jacobin includes the most recent iteration of a push within social democratic circles and organizations to support strong border controls in the wake of the US Presidential election. It’s not only or quite that however.
Since the US is not really lacking in border controls, and since cheering on what already exists renders Jacobin irrelevant at the level of existing state policy, it’s impossible to read this is something other than a call for social democratic parties to align with the far Right over a support for borders and against current re-alignments between antifa and anti-racists, since Trump’s election and in preparation for the next election cycle. It is a telling filial choice. But they have been nothing if not consistent in their adherence to the most normative, oikonomic cast of ‘the political,’ on issues of racism as much as gender and sexuality. Plainly Jacobin have decided to enhance Breitbart‘s business model with better fonts.
The article includes an argument that the German Left party, Die Linke, should take a position on borders that is closer to the far Right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) than Merkel’s CDU/CSU government is at present. The editors of Jacobin had already announced their intention to press for more voluble support for border controls, in various contexts and articles. What is remarkable about this most recent article – besides its hilarious translation of ‘anti-essentialism’ as ‘racists can change if they join the party (because it supports racism)’ – is that it explicitly trumpets the embrace of border controls as part of a political break with anti-fascism, in Germany and, by implication, Europe. The AfD is, of course, the close ally of the Austrian Freedom Party. Neither alt-right nor quite neo-Nazi so much as Nazi, the AFP was founded by an ex-SS officer. It recently boasted on facebook of having met with Trump’s recently-departed National Security Advisor, General Flynn.
For Jacobin, this marks a deliberate and new low, but I honestly cannot say I am all that surprised. Most if not all of the names lifted into prominence by this milieu as ‘Marxist theorists’ over recent times have either steadfastly refused to offer the barest critique of fascism as a matter of policy or incorporated its key thinkers as part of the canon.
jacobin is trash
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ninelicks · 7 years ago
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fitnessandconsciousness · 5 years ago
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CIA/SEAL Michael Jaco, The Intuitive Warrior
Michael Jaco talks about hunting Osama bin Laden, training the SEAL Teams in martial arts, and how he uses and teaches intuition to elite military units and civilians. Enjoy
Check out this episode!
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thefeedpost · 6 years ago
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Stormers down Lions in after-the-hooter Newlands thriller
Cape Town – The Stormers overcame a woeful first-half performance to defeat the Lions 19-17 thanks to a winning try from replacement scrumhalf Herschel Jantjies in the dying seconds.
The two teams headed out in the first half dressed in their superhero kits, but as both were essentially red and blue it was hard to tell them apart, prompting the home side to change to their alternative black and yellow kit at half-time.
In what would soon become a pattern of their play, the Stormers conceded a couple of quick penalties to put the Lions on the front foot early on.
When Pieter-Steph du Toit was pinged for not rolling away at the ruck, the Lions set up an attacking line-out, allowing Kwagga Smith to smash through the defence and power over the line to put the visitors 7-0 up inside seven minutes.
The home side reduced the deficit to four points five minutes later when SP Marais decided to go for the posts after being awarded a penalty right in front.
But unfortunately for the Newlands faithful the Stormers continued to be ill-disciplined, and the Lions were able to set up another attacking line-out after one of their forwards was taken out a previous setpiece, and it would lead to their second try of the afternoon.
With another penalty advantage lying in wait, eighth man Warren Whiteley dotted down after a brief but sustained period of pressure, and Elton Jantjies quickly made it 14-3 after adding the extras.
Marais was able to have another shot at goal on 28 minutes to bring the Stormers back to within eight points, and the Lions might have been a little disappointed at not being further ahead at the break, so woeful and ill-disciplined were the hosts.
To make matters worse, front-rower Alistair Vermaak was yellow-carded just before the break for repeated side-entries at the ruck, reducing the home side to just 14 men.
But the Stormers must have had a bit of talking-to in the dressing room because they looked much better after half-time.
Marais had a chance to reduce the deficit further eight minutes in after an excellent counter-ruck earned his side a penalty, but his kick was just wide of the upright.
He was able to add that three-pointer a few minutes later, however, just as Vermaak made his way back onto the pitch, when the Lions found themselves penalised again.
One of the loudest cheers of the afternoon followed shortly after when Springbok lock Eben Etzebeth came on as a substitute.
Marais then brought the Stormers to within just two points after slotting his fourth penalty of the afternoon, but Jantjies soon had the visitors five points clear again after returning the favour.
A well-sold dummy nearly had Lions scrumhalf Nic Groom going all the way, but the Stormers defence just about managed to protect their line.
The hosts came close to levelling the scores late when replacement forward Jaco Coetzee rumbled towards the line, but the referee came to the Lions’ rescue as he penalised them for obstruction.
They had another chance courtesy of an attacking line-out in the closing minutes, but the Lions managed to hold them up over the line after Etzebeth had taken the ball cleanly.
Marnus Schoeman was then sin-binned for repeated infringements two minutes before time, and it would end up costing the Lions dearly as the Stormers continued their relentless assault on the opposition tryline.
Finally, seven minutes into stoppage time, Herschel Jantjies, who had come onto the pitch to replace Jano Vermaak, spotted a gap and burst through the defence to score the try that brought the Stormers level.
SP Marais then sealed the win with his boot to complete the stunning comeback win for the Stormers and leave the Lions wondering where it all went wrong.
Scorers:
Stormers 19 (6)
Try: Herschel jantjies
Conversion: SP Marais
Penalties: Marais (4)
Lions 17 (14)
Tries: Kwagga Smith, Warren Whiteley
Conversions: Elton Jantjies (2)
Penalty: Jantjies
Teams:
Stormers
15 Damian Willemse, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Ruhan Nel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 SP Marais, 10 Jean-Luc du Plessis, 9 Jano Vermaak, 8 Sikhumbuzo Notshe, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 JD Schickerling, 4 Chris van Zyl, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Ali Vermaak
Substitutes: 16 Scarra Ntubeni, 17 Corne Fourie, 18 Frans Malherbe, 19 Eben Etzebeth, 20 Jaco Coetzee, 21 Herschel Jantjies, 22 Joshua Stander, 23 Dan du Plessis
Lions
15 Andries Coetzee, 14 Courtnall Skosan, 13 Lionel Mapoe, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Ruan Combrinck, 10 Elton Jantjies 9 Nic Groom, 8 Warren Whiteley (captain), 7 Kwagga Smith, 6 Marnus Schoeman, 5 Stephan Lewies, 4 Marvin Orie, 3 Carlu Sadie, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Dylan Smith
Substitutes: 16 Pieter Jansen, 17 Jacobie Adriaanse, 18 Sti Sithole, 19 Rhyno Herbst, 20 Hacjivah Dayimani, 21 Gianni Lombard, 22 Aphiwe Dyantyi, 23 Sylvian Mahuza 
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