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JAY TO JAMES DUANE. 193
the government on account of the posts, and commerce, etc., and by giving additional strength to the
administration, etc., etc.
Hence there was reason to apprehend that a
treaty with Great Britain would become a signal to
the Antifederalists, the debtors, and the French, to
unite their efforts to prevent its taking effect, and to
embarrass its execution if ratified, and to conduct
their opposition in a manner most injurious to the
Constitution and to the administration and to all the
men who are attached or give support to either.
That with these parties would naturally be associated
the Jacobin philosophers, the disorganizing politicians,
and the malcontents of various descriptions ; together
with the many who have little to lose and much to
covet, and those who regard war as speculation, and
prefer spoil and plunder to patient industry and
honest gains. To these also may be added the
numerous herd of those who blindly follow their
leaders, who judge without understanding, who
believe without evidence, and who are to their
demagogues what some other animals are to their
riders.
On the other hand, the highest confidence was
reposed in the wisdom and firmness of the government, and in the virtue and good sense of the great
mass of our people, who (especially in the Eastern
and Middle States) possess a degree of information
and steadiness not to be found in other countries.
This confidence I then entertained and still retain.
I persuade myself it will be justified by the event,
Vol. IV-ict
| 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 | 00000220 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | JAY TO JAMES DUANE. 193 the government on account of the posts, and commerce, etc., and by giving additional strength to the administration, etc., etc. Hence there was reason to apprehend that a treaty with Great Britain would become a signal to the Antifederalists, the debtors, and the French, to unite their efforts to prevent its taking effect, and to embarrass its execution if ratified, and to conduct their opposition in a manner most injurious to the Constitution and to the administration and to all the men who are attached or give support to either. That with these parties would naturally be associated the Jacobin philosophers, the disorganizing politicians, and the malcontents of various descriptions ; together with the many who have little to lose and much to covet, and those who regard war as speculation, and prefer spoil and plunder to patient industry and honest gains. To these also may be added the numerous herd of those who blindly follow their leaders, who judge without understanding, who believe without evidence, and who are to their demagogues what some other animals are to their riders. On the other hand, the highest confidence was reposed in the wisdom and firmness of the government, and in the virtue and good sense of the great mass of our people, who (especially in the Eastern and Middle States) possess a degree of information and steadiness not to be found in other countries. This confidence I then entertained and still retain. I persuade myself it will be justified by the event, Vol. IV-ict |
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