The American monthly magazine . OLD LETTERS AND HISTORY OF FIRESIDES. 471. ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON TO M. De MARBOIS. Clermont, 4th June, ijSi. Dear Sir : I ani happy to find by your favor of the jtli of May that our affairs haveso an agreeable aspect in Europe as to admit our ally to prosecute the vrarwith vigor in this country. The enemy will on this side in all proba-bility collect the greatest part of their force to a point and push tlie South-ern States with their force, and I fear if we may judge of tlie future fromthe past, with too much success, unless the Spaniards should extend theirconq
The American monthly magazine . OLD LETTERS AND HISTORY OF FIRESIDES. 471. ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON TO M. De MARBOIS. Clermont, 4th June, ijSi. Dear Sir : I ani happy to find by your favor of the jtli of May that our affairs haveso an agreeable aspect in Europe as to admit our ally to prosecute the vrarwith vigor in this country. The enemy will on this side in all proba-bility collect the greatest part of their force to a point and push tlie South-ern States with their force, and I fear if we may judge of tlie future fromthe past, with too much success, unless the Spaniards should extend theirconquest to Georgia, and tliere make a diversion in favor of the Caro-linas. If the king of France should maintain large armies in this coun-tr}-, it will certainly be an object of the greatest importance to him tolessen tlieir expenditures, since the low price of bills, and the differencethat there is in purchasing bills or money, amounts at the lowest calcula-tion to at least fifty per cent., and at the same time discourages tlie tradewith France which this mode of suppor
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