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238 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
I also enclose a copy of a letter from Mr. Adams.
On reading it you will perceive that it establishes a
fact which some men, very unlike you, wish incapable
of proof.
Mrs. Jay joins me in requesting the favour of you to
present our best compliments to Mrs. Rutledge, to
whom and to you and to yours we sincerely wish uninterrupted health and happiness.
I am, my dear sir,
Your affectionate friend and servant,
John Jay.
general washington to jay.
•p. q # Mount Vernon, March ioth, 1787.
I am indebted to you for two letters. The first, introductory of Mr. Anstey, needed no apology; nor will any be
necessary on future similar occasions. The other, of the
7th of January, is on a very interesting subject, deserving
very particular attention.
How far the revision of the federal system, and giving
more adequate powers to Congress, may be productive of
an efficient government, I will not, under my present view
of the matter, pretend to decide. That many inconveniences result from the present form, none can deny; those
enumerated in your letter are so obvious and sensibly felt,
that no logic can controvert, nor is it probable that any
change of conduct will remove them ; and that all attempts
to alter or amend it will be like the propping of a house
which is ready to fall, and which no shores can support (as
many seem to think), may also be true.
But is the public mind matured for such an important
change as the one you have suggested ? What would b$
the consequence of a premature attempt ?
| 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 | 00000273 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 238 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. I also enclose a copy of a letter from Mr. Adams. On reading it you will perceive that it establishes a fact which some men, very unlike you, wish incapable of proof. Mrs. Jay joins me in requesting the favour of you to present our best compliments to Mrs. Rutledge, to whom and to you and to yours we sincerely wish uninterrupted health and happiness. I am, my dear sir, Your affectionate friend and servant, John Jay. general washington to jay. •p. q # Mount Vernon, March ioth, 1787. I am indebted to you for two letters. The first, introductory of Mr. Anstey, needed no apology; nor will any be necessary on future similar occasions. The other, of the 7th of January, is on a very interesting subject, deserving very particular attention. How far the revision of the federal system, and giving more adequate powers to Congress, may be productive of an efficient government, I will not, under my present view of the matter, pretend to decide. That many inconveniences result from the present form, none can deny; those enumerated in your letter are so obvious and sensibly felt, that no logic can controvert, nor is it probable that any change of conduct will remove them ; and that all attempts to alter or amend it will be like the propping of a house which is ready to fall, and which no shores can support (as many seem to think), may also be true. But is the public mind matured for such an important change as the one you have suggested ? What would b$ the consequence of a premature attempt ? |
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