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i5o CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
By our Act of Submission any two delegates for the time
being were authorized, as agents, to manage the matter before Congress and Messrs. Duane, Scott and myself were
appointed Commissioners for collecting the proofs. Shortly
after the rising of the Legislature in the fall of 1779, we
entered on the Business and had it compleated, and the
evidence properly digested and arranged, at least a month
before the Ist of Feby- following, the day of our leaving;
but thro' mistake the Papers did not reach Philadelphia in
season and consequently we were reduced to the necessity
of requesting another day for our hearing. This you, who
have been a Witness of the finesse and delay too frequently
prevailing in Congress, can easily imagine was not unattended with Difficulties. After repeated sollicitation, however, another day was appointed when the Parties appeared
and were heard, as you will perceive by the Resolutions.
Notwithstanding the evidence, in favor of our claim to
Connecticut River, was not only clear and full, but even
conclusive, yet our Delegates, from an apprehension that a
majority would inevitably be against us, thought it imprudent to press Congress for a decision, and conceived it most
eligible to leave them to decide whenever they thought
proper.
That these apprehensions were well founded was evident
from the Behaviour of several of the members. I shall
mention an Instance: A delegate from Rhode-Island declared that, altho' from the evidence and on the merits we
were enitled to a Decision, yet a very great number of the
Inhabitants of the State which he represented were interested in Grants, either under New Hampshire or the pretended State, and opposed to our claims, and therefore, as
he intended to vote agreeable to what he conceived to be
the sense and wishes of his Constituents, independent of
any other considerations, he should give his voice against
us. He made this Declaration publicly in Congress where
| 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 | 00000171 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | i5o CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. By our Act of Submission any two delegates for the time being were authorized, as agents, to manage the matter before Congress and Messrs. Duane, Scott and myself were appointed Commissioners for collecting the proofs. Shortly after the rising of the Legislature in the fall of 1779, we entered on the Business and had it compleated, and the evidence properly digested and arranged, at least a month before the Ist of Feby- following, the day of our leaving; but thro' mistake the Papers did not reach Philadelphia in season and consequently we were reduced to the necessity of requesting another day for our hearing. This you, who have been a Witness of the finesse and delay too frequently prevailing in Congress, can easily imagine was not unattended with Difficulties. After repeated sollicitation, however, another day was appointed when the Parties appeared and were heard, as you will perceive by the Resolutions. Notwithstanding the evidence, in favor of our claim to Connecticut River, was not only clear and full, but even conclusive, yet our Delegates, from an apprehension that a majority would inevitably be against us, thought it imprudent to press Congress for a decision, and conceived it most eligible to leave them to decide whenever they thought proper. That these apprehensions were well founded was evident from the Behaviour of several of the members. I shall mention an Instance: A delegate from Rhode-Island declared that, altho' from the evidence and on the merits we were enitled to a Decision, yet a very great number of the Inhabitants of the State which he represented were interested in Grants, either under New Hampshire or the pretended State, and opposed to our claims, and therefore, as he intended to vote agreeable to what he conceived to be the sense and wishes of his Constituents, independent of any other considerations, he should give his voice against us. He made this Declaration publicly in Congress where |
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