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2oo CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
JAY TO THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE.
New York, 16th June, 1786.
Dear Sir :
During your absence from France I omitted being
so regular in my correspondence as I should otherwise have been. I have been honoured with your
letters of the 18th April, and 6th September in the
last year, and with one of nth February last. They
were all communicated to Congress.
The account of your German excursion is concise
and interesting. The sentiments and opinions respecting the United States and American affairs, which
you found there prevailing, appear to me very natural.
Successful revolutions and victorious arms have
always a degree of splendour about them which
shines at a great distance, and excites admiration,
whether well or ill founded. Few have been at the
pains of examining and understanding the merits of
the case between Great Britain and us, and nine
tenths of that few have taken their sides less from
conviction and opinion of right than from some of
the many other more common and more stimulating
motives, which usually govern the declarations and
conduct of the mass of mankind. It is equally natural that reports to our disadvantage, composed of
such proportions of truth and falsehood as might
render them probable and palatable, should be generally diffused and believed. There are very few
States, and very few ministers in them, who think
it convenient to magnify America either by word or
deed. Politicians, like critics, are often more disposed
| 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 | 00000235 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 2oo CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. JAY TO THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE. New York, 16th June, 1786. Dear Sir : During your absence from France I omitted being so regular in my correspondence as I should otherwise have been. I have been honoured with your letters of the 18th April, and 6th September in the last year, and with one of nth February last. They were all communicated to Congress. The account of your German excursion is concise and interesting. The sentiments and opinions respecting the United States and American affairs, which you found there prevailing, appear to me very natural. Successful revolutions and victorious arms have always a degree of splendour about them which shines at a great distance, and excites admiration, whether well or ill founded. Few have been at the pains of examining and understanding the merits of the case between Great Britain and us, and nine tenths of that few have taken their sides less from conviction and opinion of right than from some of the many other more common and more stimulating motives, which usually govern the declarations and conduct of the mass of mankind. It is equally natural that reports to our disadvantage, composed of such proportions of truth and falsehood as might render them probable and palatable, should be generally diffused and believed. There are very few States, and very few ministers in them, who think it convenient to magnify America either by word or deed. Politicians, like critics, are often more disposed |
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