The public clamor became so great, that Bache, in mortal fear of further personal violence, thought it prudent to state, in his paper, that Doctor Lieb's article was not written by the editor, but came from a correspondent. Journals of Congress, February 8, 1797. Letter of Honorable James Iredell to his wife, February 24, 1797. The following is Washington's description of the letters: