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52 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
and enterprising officer, and the journals of Congress
contain ample evidence of it. I sincerely lament his
situation, and regret that my own does not put it in
my power to afford him relief. The far greater part
of the money which the public demands require here,
I draw from you. The amount of the bills drawn
upon me by Congress far exceeds that of the funds
prepared for their payment, and the debts already incurred on account of distressed American seamen still
remain unpaid. It would not be delicate in me to
advance money to Colonel Talbot, and then request
the favour of you to replace it, especially as his situation places him more immediately under your care
than mine. All that I can therefore do with propriety
is to make you acquainted with his case. He has
served his country zealously, and has a right to her
care; gratitude as well as policy dictates it. I fear
too little attention has in general been paid to our
captive seamen. I often hear of many entering into
the enemy's service for want of bread, and for ill
treatment not retaliated ; even those who have had
the good fortune and address to escape are frequently
obliged, in seeking opportunities to return home, to
wander about from place to place, friendless, penniless, ignorant of the language of the strangers through
whose land they pass, making known their wants only
by the voice of distress, and subsisting on the wretched
husks cast to them by the frugal hand of charity. Nor
is this all : although their misfortunes, on finding
American vessels bound home, ought to recommend
them to their brethren, yet it too often happens that
| Title | The correspondence and public papers of John Jay - 2 |
| Creator | Jay, John |
| Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons |
| Place of Publication | New York, London |
| Date | [1890-93] |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000073 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 52 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. and enterprising officer, and the journals of Congress contain ample evidence of it. I sincerely lament his situation, and regret that my own does not put it in my power to afford him relief. The far greater part of the money which the public demands require here, I draw from you. The amount of the bills drawn upon me by Congress far exceeds that of the funds prepared for their payment, and the debts already incurred on account of distressed American seamen still remain unpaid. It would not be delicate in me to advance money to Colonel Talbot, and then request the favour of you to replace it, especially as his situation places him more immediately under your care than mine. All that I can therefore do with propriety is to make you acquainted with his case. He has served his country zealously, and has a right to her care; gratitude as well as policy dictates it. I fear too little attention has in general been paid to our captive seamen. I often hear of many entering into the enemy's service for want of bread, and for ill treatment not retaliated ; even those who have had the good fortune and address to escape are frequently obliged, in seeking opportunities to return home, to wander about from place to place, friendless, penniless, ignorant of the language of the strangers through whose land they pass, making known their wants only by the voice of distress, and subsisting on the wretched husks cast to them by the frugal hand of charity. Nor is this all : although their misfortunes, on finding American vessels bound home, ought to recommend them to their brethren, yet it too often happens that |
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