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184 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
this occasion adds new honours to his character and
confers new obligations on his country.
Of the expediency of an address I am not perfectly
satisfied ; although I think it would in many respects
be useful. It appears to me to be a good general
rule, that the President should very rarely come forward except officially. A degree of reserve seems
necessary to the preservation of his dignity and
authority ; any address would be exposed to indecent
strictures. Many of our presses are licentious in the
extreme, and there is little reason to presume that
regard to propriety will restrain such parties, and so
hostile to the constitution and government, from acting improperly.
My opinion of the existence, and of the views and
practiecs of the leaders of these parties, or rather factions, is not of recent date. Nothing in their present
conduct strikes me as singular, except their more than
ordinary indiscretion. Industrious they are and will
be, and no activity or means will be spared to gain a
majority in Congress at the ensuing session. To render this attempt abortive the proposed address will
doubtless conduce. The President's speech may indeed comprise his sentiments and remarks on the
subject, but then by that time the mischief may be
advanced and ripened. A more early address, by
correcting public opinion, would render it a check on
the conduct of some representatives who might otherwise favour the opposition. There are men who will
go with the stream, whatever its course may be; and
there are others who will act right when they see no
| 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 | 00000211 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 184 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. this occasion adds new honours to his character and confers new obligations on his country. Of the expediency of an address I am not perfectly satisfied ; although I think it would in many respects be useful. It appears to me to be a good general rule, that the President should very rarely come forward except officially. A degree of reserve seems necessary to the preservation of his dignity and authority ; any address would be exposed to indecent strictures. Many of our presses are licentious in the extreme, and there is little reason to presume that regard to propriety will restrain such parties, and so hostile to the constitution and government, from acting improperly. My opinion of the existence, and of the views and practiecs of the leaders of these parties, or rather factions, is not of recent date. Nothing in their present conduct strikes me as singular, except their more than ordinary indiscretion. Industrious they are and will be, and no activity or means will be spared to gain a majority in Congress at the ensuing session. To render this attempt abortive the proposed address will doubtless conduce. The President's speech may indeed comprise his sentiments and remarks on the subject, but then by that time the mischief may be advanced and ripened. A more early address, by correcting public opinion, would render it a check on the conduct of some representatives who might otherwise favour the opposition. There are men who will go with the stream, whatever its course may be; and there are others who will act right when they see no |
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