Document, 1800 April 26

Title
Document, 1800 April 26
Library Location
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Name
Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author)
Editor of the New York Daily Advertizer (Addressee)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
1800 April 26
Physical Description
6
Subjects
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
Draft of Jay's essay signed "Ahala" in the Daily Advertiser of this date (see document 10092). An attack upon Clinton and the methods he used to obtain and retain his powers as Governor. Proceeds to question the military reputation of Gates, with particular mention of the Conway cabal. Criticism of a General's aide de camp and private secretary to a minister seems directed at Henry Brockholst Livingston. When the late Commissioner of the Treasury, Samuel Osgood, resigned his commission, he also gave up his political reputation. Who is the candidate for Senator - one would hardly guess! None other than Dr. Samuel Latham Mitchell - who will instruct the United States Senate in the difference between phlogiston and oxygen. Europe will admire the versatility of a chemical pedant turned legislator! The politically dead threaten to rise again to their former offices. It is unkind to criticize them with the weapons they have put into their opponents' hands, yet they must be battled for the good of the nation.
Identifier
columbia.jay.10054