Title
[Document, 1795 August 17]
Library Location
Name
Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author)
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
August 17, 1795
Language
English
Physical Description
2 pages
Subjects
United States--History--Constitutional period, 1789-1809; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
It is uncertain whether the President should unofficially comment on the course of his administration. The loss of detachment from public debate might prove damaging; on the other hand it may stop the activities of the partisans. Jay hopes that the President may succeed in carrying the nation through the present crisis, for if he fails the country will fall into the hands of the Jacobins who are likely to subject it to the excesses recently experienced in France. Now that France has adopted a new constitution, perhaps she will be less likely to attack U.S. government, after which it is patterned.
Identifier
columbia.jay.04766