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452 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
mortification and pain to me. Willingly, however, would I
relinquish my share of the command to the anti-federalists,
if I thought they were to be trusted. But I have so many
proofs of the contrary, as to make me dread the experiment
of their preponderance.
Very respectfully and affectionately, dear sir,
Your obedient servant,
A. Hamilton.
JAY TO ALEXANDER HAMILTON.
New York, 29th December, 1792.
Dear Sir:
On my return this evening from Rye, I found your
letter of the 18th instant at my house. It is not
difficult to perceive that your situation is unpleasant,
and it is easy to predict that your enemies will
endeavour to render it still more so. The thorns
they strew in your way will (if you please) hereafter
blossom, and furnish garlands to decorate your
administration. Resolve not to be driven from your
station, and as your situation must, it seems, be militant, act accordingly. Envy will tell posterity that
your difficulties, from the state of things, were inconsiderable, compared with the great, growing, and
untouched resources of the nation. Your difficulties
from persons and party will, by time, be carried out
of sight, unless you prevent it. No other person will
possess sufficient facts and details to do full justice to
the subject, and I think your, reputation points to the
expediency of memoirs. You want time, it is true,
but few of us know how much time we can find when
we set about it.
| 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 | 00000487 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 452 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. mortification and pain to me. Willingly, however, would I relinquish my share of the command to the anti-federalists, if I thought they were to be trusted. But I have so many proofs of the contrary, as to make me dread the experiment of their preponderance. Very respectfully and affectionately, dear sir, Your obedient servant, A. Hamilton. JAY TO ALEXANDER HAMILTON. New York, 29th December, 1792. Dear Sir: On my return this evening from Rye, I found your letter of the 18th instant at my house. It is not difficult to perceive that your situation is unpleasant, and it is easy to predict that your enemies will endeavour to render it still more so. The thorns they strew in your way will (if you please) hereafter blossom, and furnish garlands to decorate your administration. Resolve not to be driven from your station, and as your situation must, it seems, be militant, act accordingly. Envy will tell posterity that your difficulties, from the state of things, were inconsiderable, compared with the great, growing, and untouched resources of the nation. Your difficulties from persons and party will, by time, be carried out of sight, unless you prevent it. No other person will possess sufficient facts and details to do full justice to the subject, and I think your, reputation points to the expediency of memoirs. You want time, it is true, but few of us know how much time we can find when we set about it. |
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