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TO THE PEOPLE OF NEW YORK. 295
among rocks and shoals, know the value of that
sererie self-possession and presence of mind to which
in such cases they owed their preservation ; nor will
the heroes who have given us victory and peace hesitate to acknowledge that we are as much indebted
for those blessings to the calm prevision and cool
intrepidity which planned and conducted our military
measures, as to the glowing animation with which
they were executed.
While reason retains her rule, while men are as
ready to receive as to give advice, and as willing to
be convinced themselves as to convince others,
there are few political evils from which a free and
enlightened people cannot deliver themselves. It is
unquestionably true that the great body of the people love their country, and with it prosperity; and
this observation is particularly applicable to the
people of a free country, for they have more and
stronger reasons for loving it than others. It is not,
therefore, to vicious motives that the unhappy divisions which sometime prevail among them are to be
imputed ; the people at large always mean well, and
although they may on certain occasions be misled by
the counsels or injured by the efforts of the few who
expect more advantage from the wreck than from the
preservation of national prosperity, yet the motives
of these few are by no means to be confounded with
those of the community in general.
That such seeds of discord and danger have been
disseminated and begin to take root in America as,
unless eradicated, will soon poison our gardens and
| 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 | 00000330 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | TO THE PEOPLE OF NEW YORK. 295 among rocks and shoals, know the value of that sererie self-possession and presence of mind to which in such cases they owed their preservation ; nor will the heroes who have given us victory and peace hesitate to acknowledge that we are as much indebted for those blessings to the calm prevision and cool intrepidity which planned and conducted our military measures, as to the glowing animation with which they were executed. While reason retains her rule, while men are as ready to receive as to give advice, and as willing to be convinced themselves as to convince others, there are few political evils from which a free and enlightened people cannot deliver themselves. It is unquestionably true that the great body of the people love their country, and with it prosperity; and this observation is particularly applicable to the people of a free country, for they have more and stronger reasons for loving it than others. It is not, therefore, to vicious motives that the unhappy divisions which sometime prevail among them are to be imputed ; the people at large always mean well, and although they may on certain occasions be misled by the counsels or injured by the efforts of the few who expect more advantage from the wreck than from the preservation of national prosperity, yet the motives of these few are by no means to be confounded with those of the community in general. That such seeds of discord and danger have been disseminated and begin to take root in America as, unless eradicated, will soon poison our gardens and |
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