"  P.  S.  —  I  shall  send  an  express  with  your  lady's  let-
ters to  Providence,  and  copies  of  what  has  passed  hei'e,  for
her  satisfaction,  and  to  prevent  my  incurring  censure."

And  thus  ends  the  hope  of  seeing  his  wife,  and
thus  too  he  passes  from  the  auxiUary  light  of  bi-
ography to  the  full  light  of  history ;  becoming  the
source  and  controller  of  the  operations  which  re-
deemed the  southern  States,  and  made  possible
the  establishment  of  a  free  and  independent  em-
pire. The  story  of  this  redemption,  and  of  the
three  hurried  years  that  followed  it,  form  the  sub-
ject of  my  third  and  last  volume.
APPENDIX.
The  following  letters  are  given  in  full,  for  those  who
wish  to  make  a  more  thorough  study  9f  this  important  pe-
riod: —

GENBBAL  GEEENE  TO  h8n.   HBNET  MAKCHANT.
Camp  at  Feedekickseurg,  October  15,  1788.
Dear  Sir,  —  Your  favor  of  the  16th  of  September  came  to
hand  a  few  days  since.  I  am  very  happy  to  liear  you  express
yourself  so  favorably  upon  the  subject  of  the  Rhode  Island  ex-
pedition. I  think  the  army  did  everything  that  could  be  ration-
ally expected  of  them.  But  the  issue  was  so  different  from  the
prospect  that  gave  rise  to  the  plan,  and  success  so  necessary  to
guard  against  reproach,  that  I  did  not  expect  to  escape  some
degree  of  censure.
