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212 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
try again, and I can almost assure you of better success. I
wish you could come next Friday, and if not interfering
with Peter's studies, to bring my little favourite with you.
I need not tell you how glad all of us would be to see Mrs.
Jay at the same time, if both of you can at the same time
conveniently be spared from the family. I wish your
answer, and if you come, I should be glad that instead of
the pompous train that usually attends the great in Europe
or Asia, yours were composed, amongst any others you may
choose, of a few lobsters and blackfish.
I am, Sir, Your most humble Servant,
Wil: Livingston.
JAY TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.
New York, 27th October, 1786.
Dear Sir :
The ineffkacy of our government becomes daily
more and more apparent. Our treasury and our
credit are in a sad situation ; and it is probable that
either the wisdom or the passions of the people will
produce changes. A spirit of licentiousness has infected Massachusetts, which appears more formidable
than some at first apprehended. Whether similar
symptoms will not soon mark a like disease in several
other States is very problematical.
The public papers herewith sent contain everything generally known about these matters. A reluctance to taxes, an impatience of government, a
rage for property and little regard to the means of
acquiring it, together with a desire of equality in all
things, seem to actuate the mass of those who are
uneasy in their circumstances. To these may be
added the influence of ambitious adventurers, and the
| 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 | 00000247 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 212 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. try again, and I can almost assure you of better success. I wish you could come next Friday, and if not interfering with Peter's studies, to bring my little favourite with you. I need not tell you how glad all of us would be to see Mrs. Jay at the same time, if both of you can at the same time conveniently be spared from the family. I wish your answer, and if you come, I should be glad that instead of the pompous train that usually attends the great in Europe or Asia, yours were composed, amongst any others you may choose, of a few lobsters and blackfish. I am, Sir, Your most humble Servant, Wil: Livingston. JAY TO THOMAS JEFFERSON. New York, 27th October, 1786. Dear Sir : The ineffkacy of our government becomes daily more and more apparent. Our treasury and our credit are in a sad situation ; and it is probable that either the wisdom or the passions of the people will produce changes. A spirit of licentiousness has infected Massachusetts, which appears more formidable than some at first apprehended. Whether similar symptoms will not soon mark a like disease in several other States is very problematical. The public papers herewith sent contain everything generally known about these matters. A reluctance to taxes, an impatience of government, a rage for property and little regard to the means of acquiring it, together with a desire of equality in all things, seem to actuate the mass of those who are uneasy in their circumstances. To these may be added the influence of ambitious adventurers, and the |
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