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[applause] john thank you. Its an honor to be here. A great thing to be talking about George Washington. In itself it tells us a lot. Had you get interested in the project and why is the interest today. Imagine if the first Founding Fathers sat down with Alexander Hamilton in James Madison and wrote a memo to future generations, to us, specifically about the forces he feared. Rooted in the lessons of his life and understanding of history. He did. That is the farewell address. It was the philadel...

[applause] john thank you. Its an honor to be here. A great thing to be talking about George Washington. In itself it tells us a lot. Had you get interested in the project and why is the interest today. Imagine if the first Founding Fathers sat down with Alexander Hamilton in James Madison and wrote a memo to future generations, to us, specifically about the forces he feared. Rooted in the lessons of his life and understanding of history. He did. That is the farewell address. It was the philadel...

In the chesapeake and make it far more effective and destructive to the americans than had been their operation in 1813, when they did not have the same level of support and assistance from black americans. Now, this is an image that is produced. Im going to get this magic arrow out of the way, which is not part of the original image. You may recognize this structure. Its the u. S. Capitol building. This was produced in 1817 by a critic of american slavery, an american critic of american slavery...

Paradox than the next few moments. If you take any book on the war of 1812, and there are a great many books on the war of 1812, abo after two centuries of the event, its easy to pull out half a dozen pieces about it. Some of these historians have linked this directly to madison. Its a result of poor decisions. They can be described as problems that he needed to contend with but he didnt do a great job. What can we say about madison himself . The serious charge against madison is that he did not...

Some cases kill their former masters. Now, possessing racial prejudice, these British Naval officers, again, theyre growing into this role. Dont get the idea that these are William Lloyd garrison on the decks of these naval warships. Theyve got other priorities. So they are not naturalborn abolitionists but they are working up a real good hatred for the United States as this conflict goes along, and theyre trying to think, how can we really stick it to them . And it occurs to them, by liberating...

Who will frankly say, we have an internal enemy, and they are waiting on our tables, they are working in the fields next to us, and they are hanging on everything we say, and anything we say is being reported to the enemy. Thank you very much. Youre welcome. Thank you for the questions. Yes, ralph . Why didnt the british [ inaudible ] why didnt that keep going . Okay. Well, this goes to the points that andrew makes. The british dont want to be in this war. You know, sometimes these naval officer...

Life and really we cannot have done our work without this incredible research. Today, hes going to illuminate for us the intricacies of madisons presidency and madisons later Life Reflections on his thoughts about the war. Please join me in welcoming our colleague and our mentor, dr. John stagg. [ applause ] thank you, katherine, for the wonderful welcome, and i would like to add my thanks to those of our previous speakers to the organizers of the conference today. As the bicentennial of the war...

Papers where hes edited so far 20 of these critical volumes of madisons personal correspondence. Wed like another 20, john, if you think you can fit that in, in the next few years. Doubled your breath. Dont hold your breath. Because of the work of john and his team, we have much more complete understanding of madison and the context of his life and really we cannot have done our work without this incredible research. Today, hes going to illuminate for us the intricacies of madisons presidency an...

Russia. Thats my understanding of that. We should note this is a moving picture, its difficult to figure out exactly whats taking place, especially as weve learned from during the campaign when investigations are taking place, the fbi is very careful, as well as justice, about the kind of information they release. And the president sort of defiantly defending his attorney general this morning, right, calling him an honest man. Really showing the same kind of loyalty that sessions has shown to hi...

Weeks televised impeachment hearings. Mick mulvaney subpoenaed to testify this morning. But no surprise here, he is not expected to appear. Also a lawyer for the whistleblower sending a cease and desist letter to the white house demanding that President Trump stop attacking his client saying that its putting his client in danger. September when crucial military aid was being held up by the administration, ukraines president was preparing to bow to the president s demands and announce an investig...