Jay has probably heard of the British victory at Charleston, for the news came slowly overland to Philadelphia. The British are laying waste to the state of South Carolina, and act contrary to the terms of capitulation entered into b y General Lincoln. This is probably not to America's disadvantage, for every state, having once suffered the passage of a British army, thereafter fights with renewed vigor for the cause of freedom. The loss of Charleston has awakened a spirit unknown since 1776, and that spirit pervades the mass of the community. He is more concerned what effect the disaster will have in Europe.
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United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829