As senator he advocated an internal revenue tax as preferable to a revenue raised by duties on imported articles. His party was opposed to the acquisition of Louisiana, but Mr. Morris voted for it and his argument on the value of the navigation of the Mississippi river is considered one of the finest of his efforts. His term expired on March 4, 1803. A change in parties prevented his re-election, and with the expiration of his term his political life ended. He passed the remainder of his life at Morrisania. " An ample for- " tune, numerous friends, a cliarraing retreat, and a " tranquil home were the elements of his happiness ''and filled up the measure of his hopes."
But his mind was still amply employed. In 1803 he travelled through the New England States and the Canadas, and two or three months of each succeeding year of his life he devoted to travelling for pleasure or visiting lands in new countries in which he had [ largely invested. The cultivation of his fiirm, receiving the visits of friends and acquaintances, study and an extensive correspondence on politics and business occupied his tirre. I
He wrote much on divers subjects. The larger part of his effusions may be found in the New York | Evening Post, the Examiner and the United States Ga- j zetfe. He became, according to Mr. Sparks, an ultra j Federalist. His nom de plume was "An American." Soon alter his return to America he pronounced an oration on the death of Washington, at the request of the corporation of New York. His eulogy on Hamilton is famous. He also delivered an oration in j honor of the memory of George Clinton, and another j on the Restoration of the Bourbons. This last was translated into French and published in Paris.