[Document, 1815 March 14]

Date: March 14, 1815
Language: English
Physical Description: 3 pages
Subjects: United States--History--1809-1817; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary: Thinks that the peace now concluded will diminish the delusion which caused the war for several reasons. French influence will not soon be very active here, and will therefore not furnish the fuel to feed a flame against England. Also, occurrences such as enforced conscription and the immense war debt to be paid tend to withdraw confidence from "our political Projectors." The position that the people always mean well may be popular, but cannot be true. There is no country in which the great masses adhere to the dictates of their conscience. The measures of the Hartford Convention and the discord in "the little Circle" will also operate against the delusion. Thanks him for the book, and suggests that an American edition of Columella might be interesting to those who have improved agriculture and are more than "mere farmers."
Identifier: columbia.jay.01161