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212 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
been communicated to me by the Governor and the papers
which I have seen, their embassy has not been productive
of the good I both wished and expected. I am certainly
exceedingly disappointed as to what I supposed was the
principal object of their errand, namely information ; for I
imagined these gentlemen would have taken measures for
discovering the general sense of the inhabitants instead of
confining themselves to a short epistolary conference with
Governor Chittenden, [of Vermont] proposing questions
many of them foreign to the subject and contenting themselves in almost every instance with answers either unintelligible or evasive. It would be improper to charge these
gentlemen with having intentionally acted wrong, and while
I disapprove of their proceedings I would not mean to impeach their integrity.—Notwithstanding the defective Manner in which they have conducted the business they have
at least clearly established this fact, that Governor Chittenden himself is, determined at all events not to reunite with
us, for we may undoubtedly suppose such his determination,
when with apparent Sincerity he says that his religious
rights and privilidges would be in danger from a Union with
a Government, by the fundamental [law] of which all Religions are tolerated and all Establishments expressly excluded. I am confident these sentiments do not generally
prevail among the inhabitants on the Grants. I have
conversed with several of them; tho, being ignorant
of the true Nature of the controversy, blindly attached
to the New State, yet they all seem disposed to acquiesce in the decision of Congress. The Governor I believe
spoke his mind very freely to the Committee especially
with respect to their letter recommending to several
towns on the Grants as it were a temporary Submission to
the new State for military purposes. He utterly refused
to countenance the Measure by any orders to the Militia
in that quarter, and offered to give the Committee the
reasons of his refusal in writing but they declined ac-
| Title | The correspondence and public papers of John Jay - 1 |
| Creator | Jay, John |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000243 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 212 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. been communicated to me by the Governor and the papers which I have seen, their embassy has not been productive of the good I both wished and expected. I am certainly exceedingly disappointed as to what I supposed was the principal object of their errand, namely information ; for I imagined these gentlemen would have taken measures for discovering the general sense of the inhabitants instead of confining themselves to a short epistolary conference with Governor Chittenden, [of Vermont] proposing questions many of them foreign to the subject and contenting themselves in almost every instance with answers either unintelligible or evasive. It would be improper to charge these gentlemen with having intentionally acted wrong, and while I disapprove of their proceedings I would not mean to impeach their integrity.—Notwithstanding the defective Manner in which they have conducted the business they have at least clearly established this fact, that Governor Chittenden himself is, determined at all events not to reunite with us, for we may undoubtedly suppose such his determination, when with apparent Sincerity he says that his religious rights and privilidges would be in danger from a Union with a Government, by the fundamental [law] of which all Religions are tolerated and all Establishments expressly excluded. I am confident these sentiments do not generally prevail among the inhabitants on the Grants. I have conversed with several of them; tho, being ignorant of the true Nature of the controversy, blindly attached to the New State, yet they all seem disposed to acquiesce in the decision of Congress. The Governor I believe spoke his mind very freely to the Committee especially with respect to their letter recommending to several towns on the Grants as it were a temporary Submission to the new State for military purposes. He utterly refused to countenance the Measure by any orders to the Militia in that quarter, and offered to give the Committee the reasons of his refusal in writing but they declined ac- |
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