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3o CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
you, that we will never submit to be hewers of wood
or drawers of water for any ministry or nation in the
world.
Place us in the same situation that we were at the
close of the last war, and our former harmony will be
restored.
But lest the same supineness, and the same inattention to our common interest, which you have for several years shown, should continue, we think it prudent
to anticipate the consequences.
By the destruction of the trade of Boston the ministry have endeavoured to induce submission to their
measures. The like fate may befall us all. We will
endeavour, therefore, to live without trade, and recur
for subsistence to the fertility and bounty of our native soil, which affords us all the necessaries, and some
of the conveniences of life. We have suspended our
importation from Great Britain and Ireland ; and in
less than a year's time, unless our grievances should
be redressed, shall discontinue our exports to those
kingdoms, and the West Indies.
It is with the utmost regret, however, that we find
ourselves compelled, by the overruling principles of
self-preservation, to adopt measures detrimental in
their consequences to numbers of our fellow-subjects,
in Great Britain and Ireland. But we hope that the
magnanimity and justice of the British nation will furnish a parliament of such wisdom, independence, and
public spirit as may save the violated rights of the
whole empire from the devices of wicked ministers
and evil counsellors, whether in or out of office ; and
| Title | The correspondence and public papers of John Jay - 1 |
| Creator | Jay, John |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000061 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 3o CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. you, that we will never submit to be hewers of wood or drawers of water for any ministry or nation in the world. Place us in the same situation that we were at the close of the last war, and our former harmony will be restored. But lest the same supineness, and the same inattention to our common interest, which you have for several years shown, should continue, we think it prudent to anticipate the consequences. By the destruction of the trade of Boston the ministry have endeavoured to induce submission to their measures. The like fate may befall us all. We will endeavour, therefore, to live without trade, and recur for subsistence to the fertility and bounty of our native soil, which affords us all the necessaries, and some of the conveniences of life. We have suspended our importation from Great Britain and Ireland ; and in less than a year's time, unless our grievances should be redressed, shall discontinue our exports to those kingdoms, and the West Indies. It is with the utmost regret, however, that we find ourselves compelled, by the overruling principles of self-preservation, to adopt measures detrimental in their consequences to numbers of our fellow-subjects, in Great Britain and Ireland. But we hope that the magnanimity and justice of the British nation will furnish a parliament of such wisdom, independence, and public spirit as may save the violated rights of the whole empire from the devices of wicked ministers and evil counsellors, whether in or out of office ; and |
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