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ROBERT MORRIS TO J A Y. 93
ROBERT MORRIS TO JAY.
Philadelphia, Nov. 4th, 1783.
Dear Sir :
I hear your health is mended since the date of your last letter of the 20th of July, and rejoice at it. Your distant friends
suffer irreparable injury if you are indisposed to write;
those who write so well should write often, and even your
short letters say so much in so few words, that it is impossible
not to wish for them, if longer ones cannot be had. I acknowledge the force of all your observations on my intended
resignation, and know the necessity of perseverance so long
as there is a prospect of being useful; but you must also
acknowledge that it is folly in the extreme to continue in
the drudgery of office after you see clearly that the public
cannot be benefited ; your own affairs suffering, your feelings daily wounded, and your reputation endangered by the
malice and misrepresentation of envious and designing men.
During the war, I was determined to go through with the
work I had undertaken, and although my resignation was
made before the signing of the provisional treaty was known,
yet I made no hesitation to declare to a committee of Congress, that if the war lasted I would continue. The war,
however, ceased—Congress feared to dismiss their army
without some pay ; they had not money, and could only
make payment by paper anticipation, and even this could
not be effected without my assistance. I was urged to continue, and forced into that anticipation. The army was
dispersed, and since their departure, the men who urged
these measures most, and who are eternally at war with
honour and integrity, have been continually employed in
devising measures to prevent my being able to fulfil my
engagements, in hopes of effecting my ruin in case of failure.
I must, however, in justice to the majority of Congress, which
has ever been composed of honest men, declare that the faction I allude to is but inconsiderable in numbers, although
| 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 | 00000128 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | ROBERT MORRIS TO J A Y. 93 ROBERT MORRIS TO JAY. Philadelphia, Nov. 4th, 1783. Dear Sir : I hear your health is mended since the date of your last letter of the 20th of July, and rejoice at it. Your distant friends suffer irreparable injury if you are indisposed to write; those who write so well should write often, and even your short letters say so much in so few words, that it is impossible not to wish for them, if longer ones cannot be had. I acknowledge the force of all your observations on my intended resignation, and know the necessity of perseverance so long as there is a prospect of being useful; but you must also acknowledge that it is folly in the extreme to continue in the drudgery of office after you see clearly that the public cannot be benefited ; your own affairs suffering, your feelings daily wounded, and your reputation endangered by the malice and misrepresentation of envious and designing men. During the war, I was determined to go through with the work I had undertaken, and although my resignation was made before the signing of the provisional treaty was known, yet I made no hesitation to declare to a committee of Congress, that if the war lasted I would continue. The war, however, ceased—Congress feared to dismiss their army without some pay ; they had not money, and could only make payment by paper anticipation, and even this could not be effected without my assistance. I was urged to continue, and forced into that anticipation. The army was dispersed, and since their departure, the men who urged these measures most, and who are eternally at war with honour and integrity, have been continually employed in devising measures to prevent my being able to fulfil my engagements, in hopes of effecting my ruin in case of failure. I must, however, in justice to the majority of Congress, which has ever been composed of honest men, declare that the faction I allude to is but inconsiderable in numbers, although |
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