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J A Y TO JOHN ADAMS. 401
consistent with the design and object of the recommitment ? Could any of the members have been so
negligent of delicacy and propriety, as to propose or
concur in such a measure ? Could the embarrassments and difficulties attending it have been surmounted between the Wednesday, when the address
was recommitted, and the ensuing Friday, when
(with the amendments taken in) it was read and
approved ?
The subsequent occurrences you mention have not
escaped my recollection. I was informed, and I believe correctly, that one person in particular of those
you specify, had endeavoured, by oblique intimations,
to insinuate a suspicion that the address to the people of Great Britain was not written by me, but by
Governor Livingston. That gentleman repelled the
insinuation. He knew and felt what was due to truth,
and explicitly declared it.
Those persons are dead and gone. Their design
did not succeed, and I have no desire that the memory of it should survive them. As to the address or
petition to the king—who wrote the draught that
was reported and recommitted—how far it corresponded with the one that was adopted—whether Mr.
Dickinson, after he was added to the committee, prepared an entirely new draught, or only co-operated
in amending the one then before the committee—are
questions which you only, who have survived all the
other members of that committee, can answer with
certainty.
Considering who were the members of that com-
VOL. IV.—26
| 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 | 00000428 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | J A Y TO JOHN ADAMS. 401 consistent with the design and object of the recommitment ? Could any of the members have been so negligent of delicacy and propriety, as to propose or concur in such a measure ? Could the embarrassments and difficulties attending it have been surmounted between the Wednesday, when the address was recommitted, and the ensuing Friday, when (with the amendments taken in) it was read and approved ? The subsequent occurrences you mention have not escaped my recollection. I was informed, and I believe correctly, that one person in particular of those you specify, had endeavoured, by oblique intimations, to insinuate a suspicion that the address to the people of Great Britain was not written by me, but by Governor Livingston. That gentleman repelled the insinuation. He knew and felt what was due to truth, and explicitly declared it. Those persons are dead and gone. Their design did not succeed, and I have no desire that the memory of it should survive them. As to the address or petition to the king—who wrote the draught that was reported and recommitted—how far it corresponded with the one that was adopted—whether Mr. Dickinson, after he was added to the committee, prepared an entirely new draught, or only co-operated in amending the one then before the committee—are questions which you only, who have survived all the other members of that committee, can answer with certainty. Considering who were the members of that com- VOL. IV.—26 |
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