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JAY TO PETER VAN SCHAACK. 309
mestic felicity. May it continue and increase. I
thank you for what you have briefly remarked on that
topic ; for you have given me pleasure, by letting me
see how much reason you have to be pleased.
With true esteem and regard, I am, dear sir,
Your faithful and obedient servant,
John Jay.
P. S.—As your letter was so long on the way, this
answer will arrive, if it arrives at all, much later than
you expected. Being anxious to remove appearances
of inattention, I shall send a duplicate by another
vessel. There will then be a double chance of its
coming to your hands.
JAY TO PETER VAN SCHAACK.
Bedford, May 4, 1807.
Dear Sir:
Accept my thanks for your friendly letter of the
18th of last month.
As to the election, it is not clear to me what will be
its precise effect in relation to the Federalists. If as
a. party they judged it to be expedient to favour Mr.
Lewis, I think they should as a party have openly
and decidedly declared and resolved that they would
support him. The language of the Federal leaders
to the party seems to amount to this, viz. : On this
occasion you may leave your standard ; you may go
home, and every man is at liberty to do what may
be right in his own eyes, but we nevertheless intimate
to you, as an opinion to which we incline, but do not
explicitly adopt, that it may be better for us to have
| 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 | 00000336 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | JAY TO PETER VAN SCHAACK. 309 mestic felicity. May it continue and increase. I thank you for what you have briefly remarked on that topic ; for you have given me pleasure, by letting me see how much reason you have to be pleased. With true esteem and regard, I am, dear sir, Your faithful and obedient servant, John Jay. P. S.—As your letter was so long on the way, this answer will arrive, if it arrives at all, much later than you expected. Being anxious to remove appearances of inattention, I shall send a duplicate by another vessel. There will then be a double chance of its coming to your hands. JAY TO PETER VAN SCHAACK. Bedford, May 4, 1807. Dear Sir: Accept my thanks for your friendly letter of the 18th of last month. As to the election, it is not clear to me what will be its precise effect in relation to the Federalists. If as a. party they judged it to be expedient to favour Mr. Lewis, I think they should as a party have openly and decidedly declared and resolved that they would support him. The language of the Federal leaders to the party seems to amount to this, viz. : On this occasion you may leave your standard ; you may go home, and every man is at liberty to do what may be right in his own eyes, but we nevertheless intimate to you, as an opinion to which we incline, but do not explicitly adopt, that it may be better for us to have |
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