May 26, 2016

Dear Mr. Jefferson,

Do you not agree that in times of great commotion, political pilots must keep men steady and within proper bounds? I understand that the unthinking populace of Boston is becoming insolent and as often, the thoughts you have lent seem to originate from the area of your brain most wanting of light and thus more suitable to composting.

Cicero, Mr. Goodell is not.  Though he is not without purpose or position. There is an agreement, bargained between parties and he is enforcing that agreement. What better example of just power derived from the governed? If a candidate for President presents plainly a grotesque interpretation of agreements and is subsequently chosen, he would be right to apply such interpretation, and as Mr. Goodell, present it as moral imperative.

If I am to understand the current state of our republic, I understand that our people are not want of a voice in affairs—the din of impudence over our land is so deafening that the measured voice of wisdom is never heard by those most in need of its song. It is impossible to live in this age without feeling the sensation of disgust at the distractions with which the people are continually agitated. And it is instead this peculiar unwillingness of the governed to liberate themselves from these shackles of distraction that is our most conspicuous obstacle. Without such willingness, truths will remain imperfectly known or not known at all.

And so I too tremble for our country. We should not perpetually vibrate between tyranny and anarchy and so I will lend my voice however muted to supporting the bulwark of law, positioned as it must be, against such anarchy.

And thus in this venture you have my complete and unfettered lack of support.

Alexander Hamilton

p.s. Though I am not without admirers in New York, I am nevertheless in want of employment. Please remain attuned to opportunities as rental prices at present suggest an untenable level of inflation.