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160 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
with safety and success, through all the duties of his
station, and carry him home with the blessings of all
America on his head, I think he will exhibit to the
world the most singular instance of virtue, greatness,
and good-fortune united which the history of mankind
has hitherto recorded.1
The harmony subsisting between the French troops
and ours is an agreeable as well as an important circumstance, and I am glad that the Marquis de Lafayette had an opportunity of cutting some sprigs of laurel
on one of the enemy's redoubts. He has given strong
proofs of attachment to our cause and country, and as
military glory seems to be his mistress, he has my best
wishes that she may be as constant to him as he has
been to us.
General Greene has deservedly acquired great reputation. He has nobly surmounted a variety of difficulties, and his country has fortunately found resources
in his talents and perseverance which the peculiar
situation of the Southern States rendered no less
seasonable than important.
1 The original draft of this letter contains the following sentences crossed
out. Jay probably regarded them as too pronounced, but as conveying his
views at the moment they have their place here :
'' I confess to you that my pride as an American is a little qualified by those
articles of the capitulation which respect the honours granted to the garrison,
for, though these matters are in themselves of no great importance, yet it
appears to me that the former conduct of Lord Cornwallis rendered this retaliation very proper.
" The article on the subject of the Tories must meet with general approbation,
I suspect, however, that the 8th article has made a way for some to escape.
The Saratoga Convention permitted them to go into Canada, and the next year
they ravaged our frontiers. Policy directs that these people should at least be
restrained from doing us mischief, and that, during the war, examples should
| 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 | 00000181 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 160 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. with safety and success, through all the duties of his station, and carry him home with the blessings of all America on his head, I think he will exhibit to the world the most singular instance of virtue, greatness, and good-fortune united which the history of mankind has hitherto recorded.1 The harmony subsisting between the French troops and ours is an agreeable as well as an important circumstance, and I am glad that the Marquis de Lafayette had an opportunity of cutting some sprigs of laurel on one of the enemy's redoubts. He has given strong proofs of attachment to our cause and country, and as military glory seems to be his mistress, he has my best wishes that she may be as constant to him as he has been to us. General Greene has deservedly acquired great reputation. He has nobly surmounted a variety of difficulties, and his country has fortunately found resources in his talents and perseverance which the peculiar situation of the Southern States rendered no less seasonable than important. 1 The original draft of this letter contains the following sentences crossed out. Jay probably regarded them as too pronounced, but as conveying his views at the moment they have their place here : '' I confess to you that my pride as an American is a little qualified by those articles of the capitulation which respect the honours granted to the garrison, for, though these matters are in themselves of no great importance, yet it appears to me that the former conduct of Lord Cornwallis rendered this retaliation very proper. " The article on the subject of the Tories must meet with general approbation, I suspect, however, that the 8th article has made a way for some to escape. The Saratoga Convention permitted them to go into Canada, and the next year they ravaged our frontiers. Policy directs that these people should at least be restrained from doing us mischief, and that, during the war, examples should |
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