James Monroe

is slow in reaching a conclusion but does so with unerrng certainty.

is a man whose soul might be turned wrong side outwards, without discovering a blemish to the world.

is one of the most improper and incompetent that could be selected. Naturally dull and stupid: extremely illiterate: indecisive to a degree that would be incredible to one who did not know him: pusillanimous, and of course hypocritical: has.

is a man whose talents were exercised not in grandeur but in mediocrity.

[H]is talents were exercised not in grandeur but in mediocrity.

is a mere tool in the hands of the French government.

A mere tool in the hands of the French government.

James Monroe, n.All

James Monroe