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7o CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
this, because my situation has given me access to the truth,
and I gratify my friendship for you in communicating what
cannot fail to gratify your sensibility.
The peace, which exceeds in the goodness of its terms
the expectations of the most sanguine, does the highest
honour to those who made it. It is the more agreeable as
the time was come when thinking men began to be seriously
alarmed at the internal embarrassments and exhausted state
of this country. The New England people talk of making
you an annual fish-offering, as an acknowledgment of your
exertion for the participation of the fisheries.
We have now happily concluded the great work of independence, but much remains to be done to reap the fruits
of it. Our prospects are not flattering. Every day proves
the inefficacy of the present confederation, yet the common
danger being removed, we are receding instead of advancing in a disposition to amend its defects. The road to
popularity in each State is to inspire jealousies of the power
of Congress, though nothing can be more apparent than
that they have no power; and that for the want of it the
resources of the country during the war could not be drawn
out, and we at this moment experience all the mischiefs of
a bankrupt and ruined credit. It is to be hoped that when
prejudice and folly have run themselves out of breath, we
may return to reason and correct our errors.
After having served in the field during the war, I have
been making a short apprenticeship in Congress; but the
evacuation of New-York approaching, I am preparing* to
take leave of public life to enter into the practice of the law.
Your country will demand your services abroad. I beg you
to present me most respectfully to M>. Jay, and to be
assured of the affection and esteem of,
Dear sir,
Your obedient servant,
Alexander Hamilton.
| Title | The correspondence and public papers of John Jay - 3 |
| Creator | Jay, John |
| Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons |
| Place of Publication | New York, London |
| Date | [1890-93] |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000105 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 7o CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. this, because my situation has given me access to the truth, and I gratify my friendship for you in communicating what cannot fail to gratify your sensibility. The peace, which exceeds in the goodness of its terms the expectations of the most sanguine, does the highest honour to those who made it. It is the more agreeable as the time was come when thinking men began to be seriously alarmed at the internal embarrassments and exhausted state of this country. The New England people talk of making you an annual fish-offering, as an acknowledgment of your exertion for the participation of the fisheries. We have now happily concluded the great work of independence, but much remains to be done to reap the fruits of it. Our prospects are not flattering. Every day proves the inefficacy of the present confederation, yet the common danger being removed, we are receding instead of advancing in a disposition to amend its defects. The road to popularity in each State is to inspire jealousies of the power of Congress, though nothing can be more apparent than that they have no power; and that for the want of it the resources of the country during the war could not be drawn out, and we at this moment experience all the mischiefs of a bankrupt and ruined credit. It is to be hoped that when prejudice and folly have run themselves out of breath, we may return to reason and correct our errors. After having served in the field during the war, I have been making a short apprenticeship in Congress; but the evacuation of New-York approaching, I am preparing* to take leave of public life to enter into the practice of the law. Your country will demand your services abroad. I beg you to present me most respectfully to M>. Jay, and to be assured of the affection and esteem of, Dear sir, Your obedient servant, Alexander Hamilton. |
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