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44Q CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. when bestowed in a manner so affectionate by fellow- labourers in the same field. When sentiments and opinions relative to public measures are capable of being ascribed to private and personal considerations, prudence dictates a great degree of delicacy and reserve ; but there are no considerations which ought to restrain me from expressing my ardent wishes that the important question you mention may be brought to a decision with all that mature reflection as well as manly constancy which its connection with the rights of freemen demands; with all that temper which relf-respect requires ; and with all that regard to conciliation, benevolence, and good neighbourhood which patriotism prescribes. Accept my warmest thanks, gentlemen, for the particular marks of attention with which you have honoured me; and be pleased to assure my fellow- citizens of this ancient and respectable city that I most sincerely wish them prosperity. NEW YORK COMMITTEE TO JAY.1 To the Honorable John Jay, Esquire, Chief Justice of the United States: SIR: Permit us in behalf of ourselves and the very respectable body of our fellow citizens, which we have the honor to represent, to congratulate you upon your safe return to this City from the Eastern Circuit. 1 Jay reached New York July ioth. The Advertiser of the nth reports his reception as follows. * * Yesterday afternoon, the committee appointed at a meeting of the Friends of Liberty, attended by a very great and respectable concourse of citizens, on horse-
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 | 00000475 |
Type | Books/Pamphlets |
Transcript | 44Q CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. when bestowed in a manner so affectionate by fellow- labourers in the same field. When sentiments and opinions relative to public measures are capable of being ascribed to private and personal considerations, prudence dictates a great degree of delicacy and reserve ; but there are no considerations which ought to restrain me from expressing my ardent wishes that the important question you mention may be brought to a decision with all that mature reflection as well as manly constancy which its connection with the rights of freemen demands; with all that temper which relf-respect requires ; and with all that regard to conciliation, benevolence, and good neighbourhood which patriotism prescribes. Accept my warmest thanks, gentlemen, for the particular marks of attention with which you have honoured me; and be pleased to assure my fellow- citizens of this ancient and respectable city that I most sincerely wish them prosperity. NEW YORK COMMITTEE TO JAY.1 To the Honorable John Jay, Esquire, Chief Justice of the United States: SIR: Permit us in behalf of ourselves and the very respectable body of our fellow citizens, which we have the honor to represent, to congratulate you upon your safe return to this City from the Eastern Circuit. 1 Jay reached New York July ioth. The Advertiser of the nth reports his reception as follows. * * Yesterday afternoon, the committee appointed at a meeting of the Friends of Liberty, attended by a very great and respectable concourse of citizens, on horse- |
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