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314 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
The information it conveys cannot fail of being grateful to all who prefer the wise and upright policy
which distinguished the administration of Washington to that which of late has distressed and disgraced
our country. How far the favorable changes which
have taken place are imputable to patriotic and correct principles, time and experience only can decide.
Sincerely do I wish that all our elections may manifest the prevalence of such principles ; but I am not
sanguine in my expectations of it. Personal and
pecuniary considerations appear to have acquired a
more than ordinary degree of influence ; many sacrifices of public good have and will yet be made to
them. On the exertions of the virtuous and intelligent much will always depend ; should they become
relaxed by a sense either of security or of fatigue, we
shall probably lose the ground we have gained. I
brought with me into retirement the same affection
for our country by which I have always been actuated,
and you rightly judge that nothing which is of importance to the public can be a matter of indifference
to me.
in no County has there been any arrangement or concert with either section of
the Democratic party. The result of this election therefore may be fairly attributed to the increasing prevalence of those principles on which the patriotic
framers and supporters of the Constitution have uniformly acted. I hope, sir,
you will excuse the liberty I have taken in thus trespassing on your time and
attention. Altho' you have in a great measure withdrawn from public life,
and stand aloof from the bustle of political contests, yet after having made so
many sacrifices for the public good, and contributed so much to the dignity and
prosperity of this country, it is not to be believed you can be indifferent to the
revival of those principles which you have so successfully inculcated and on
which the future destinies of the United States so much depend."
| 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 | 00000341 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 314 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. The information it conveys cannot fail of being grateful to all who prefer the wise and upright policy which distinguished the administration of Washington to that which of late has distressed and disgraced our country. How far the favorable changes which have taken place are imputable to patriotic and correct principles, time and experience only can decide. Sincerely do I wish that all our elections may manifest the prevalence of such principles ; but I am not sanguine in my expectations of it. Personal and pecuniary considerations appear to have acquired a more than ordinary degree of influence ; many sacrifices of public good have and will yet be made to them. On the exertions of the virtuous and intelligent much will always depend ; should they become relaxed by a sense either of security or of fatigue, we shall probably lose the ground we have gained. I brought with me into retirement the same affection for our country by which I have always been actuated, and you rightly judge that nothing which is of importance to the public can be a matter of indifference to me. in no County has there been any arrangement or concert with either section of the Democratic party. The result of this election therefore may be fairly attributed to the increasing prevalence of those principles on which the patriotic framers and supporters of the Constitution have uniformly acted. I hope, sir, you will excuse the liberty I have taken in thus trespassing on your time and attention. Altho' you have in a great measure withdrawn from public life, and stand aloof from the bustle of political contests, yet after having made so many sacrifices for the public good, and contributed so much to the dignity and prosperity of this country, it is not to be believed you can be indifferent to the revival of those principles which you have so successfully inculcated and on which the future destinies of the United States so much depend." |
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