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166 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
being all at stake, and on that stake to be inflexibly
determined to risk everything.
Of the great number who advocated a reform in
Parliament, there is a portion (but how great cannot
easily be ascertained) who are so sore and mortified
and vexed, that in my opinion the French successes
give them as much pleasure as pain. There are men
among them whose designs as well as whose fortunes
are desperate, as well as men who have honest designs and good fortunes. These people are at present
kept from action by the energy of the government,
and the unanimity of the great majority of the nation
as to the necessity of the war.
The French Jacobins have greatly injured the
cause of rational liberty. The detestable massacres,
impieties, and abominations imputable to them, excited in the people here the most decided hatred and
abhorrence ; and the government by that circumstance rendered the war popular. But the system
of moderation and justice lately adopted in France,
the suppression of the Jacobins, and the strict discipline observed in their armies will doubtless have an
influence on the sentiments of this nation. I think I
see traces of this influence already on minds not suspected of it.
The present war system, however, strikes me as
being less firm, consolidated, and formidable than it
appears to be. The administration has been composed more with a view to the conciliation of parties
than the efficiency of measures. I think the system
is liable to fluctuation and derangement, from a
| Title | The correspondence and public papers of John Jay - 4 |
| Creator | Jay, John |
| Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons |
| Place of Publication | New York, London |
| Date | [1890-93] |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000193 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 166 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. being all at stake, and on that stake to be inflexibly determined to risk everything. Of the great number who advocated a reform in Parliament, there is a portion (but how great cannot easily be ascertained) who are so sore and mortified and vexed, that in my opinion the French successes give them as much pleasure as pain. There are men among them whose designs as well as whose fortunes are desperate, as well as men who have honest designs and good fortunes. These people are at present kept from action by the energy of the government, and the unanimity of the great majority of the nation as to the necessity of the war. The French Jacobins have greatly injured the cause of rational liberty. The detestable massacres, impieties, and abominations imputable to them, excited in the people here the most decided hatred and abhorrence ; and the government by that circumstance rendered the war popular. But the system of moderation and justice lately adopted in France, the suppression of the Jacobins, and the strict discipline observed in their armies will doubtless have an influence on the sentiments of this nation. I think I see traces of this influence already on minds not suspected of it. The present war system, however, strikes me as being less firm, consolidated, and formidable than it appears to be. The administration has been composed more with a view to the conciliation of parties than the efficiency of measures. I think the system is liable to fluctuation and derangement, from a |
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