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JAY TO GENERAL SCHUYLER. 151
Jn one of your late letters to the council was this
sentiment. "You wished the evacuation might not
be too much depreciated " ; and your reasons for this
caution may have weight; but, sir, a certain gentleman at that board, whom I need not name, and from
whom I do not desire this information should be concealed, is in my opinion your secret enemy. He professes much respect, etc., for you ; he can't see through
the business ; he wishes you had been nearer to the
fort, though he does not doubt your spirit; he thinks
we ought to suspend our judgment, and not censure
you rashly; he hopes you will be able to justify yourself, etc., etc. Observe so much caution, therefore, in
your letters, as to let them contain nothing which
your enemies may wrest to their own purposes.
I must also inform you that the flying seals of your
letters to General Washington often arrive there
broken. That from the different colour of the wax,
if not from the clumsy manner in which they are often
put up by the secretaries, it can be no difficult matter
for those who receive them to perceive that they have
been inspected. I wish some other mode was devised.
Thus, sir, I have performed the unpleasing task of
writing to you with much freedom on a very disagreeable subject, and of acquainting you with facts that
will give you pain, and put your equanimity to a trial.
I won't apologize for the liberty I have taken, being
persuaded that you will consider it as a proof of the
regard with which I am, dear sir,
Your friend and humble servant,
John Jay.
| Title | The correspondence and public papers of John Jay - 1 |
| Creator | Jay, John |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000182 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | JAY TO GENERAL SCHUYLER. 151 Jn one of your late letters to the council was this sentiment. "You wished the evacuation might not be too much depreciated " ; and your reasons for this caution may have weight; but, sir, a certain gentleman at that board, whom I need not name, and from whom I do not desire this information should be concealed, is in my opinion your secret enemy. He professes much respect, etc., for you ; he can't see through the business ; he wishes you had been nearer to the fort, though he does not doubt your spirit; he thinks we ought to suspend our judgment, and not censure you rashly; he hopes you will be able to justify yourself, etc., etc. Observe so much caution, therefore, in your letters, as to let them contain nothing which your enemies may wrest to their own purposes. I must also inform you that the flying seals of your letters to General Washington often arrive there broken. That from the different colour of the wax, if not from the clumsy manner in which they are often put up by the secretaries, it can be no difficult matter for those who receive them to perceive that they have been inspected. I wish some other mode was devised. Thus, sir, I have performed the unpleasing task of writing to you with much freedom on a very disagreeable subject, and of acquainting you with facts that will give you pain, and put your equanimity to a trial. I won't apologize for the liberty I have taken, being persuaded that you will consider it as a proof of the regard with which I am, dear sir, Your friend and humble servant, John Jay. |
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