John Jay

Uh, if, if you happen to be in Massachusetts or Connecticut, the Congregationalists run there.

Uh, and so there, there are, are the Presbyterians in North Carolina, et cetera.

And so what happened is George Whitefield, as he would travel all of these colonies sharing scriptures, preaching in all those colonies, you had people from different backgrounds of Christianity coming together, and they would often fight and have border wars with their other Christian colonies because they're like Europe.

They're thinking that way.

But I do know that, uh, just a couple of miles from where we have grandchildren living in New Jersey is Paterson, New Jersey, which for all intents and purposes, is today a Muslim city.

Uh, Michigan has, um, places that are, are Muslim cities.

And it's not the same as saying there are a lot of Catholics living in that city, or there are a lot of Presbyterians living in that city, or there are a lot of Baptists.

It's not the same, because none of those Christian faiths, or Jewish faiths for that matter, as far as I know, have any religious obligation to take over and to impose a system on everybody else, but Islam does.

It was he who, in a bold, plain hand, inscribed on the great sheet of parchment the name of each state, as the delegations came forward, one after another, in geographical order, and affixed their signatures to the precious document which was to found the government of the United States.

hamilton returned to new york determined to use his utmost powers to secure the ratification of the constitution as the best attainable means of averting the dangers of disunion although cordially supported by john jay and edward livingstone hamilton in the fight for ratification in new york was the natural leader he found arrayed against him the whole influence of governor clinton and the dominant party in new york politics clinton was not absolutely opposed to union but he attached to it so many reservations that for practical purposes he was an opponent of the new constitution the battle over ratification began on the question of the choice of delegates to the state convention it was in this field that hamilton fought the great fight with his pen which has left to posterity the fine exposition of the constitution known as the federalist A society was formed in the city of New York to resist the adoption of the Constitution, and articles soon began to appear in the local press criticizing and opposing it.

Preparing a vigorous letter while gliding down the Hudson in reply to some of the first points of the opposition, Hamilton soon extended the project into a series of strong papers, which appeared twice a week for 20 weeks over the signature of Publius.

he secured the aid of madison and jay who wrote some of the papers but the project was hamilton's the majority of the papers were written by him and to him has been justly given the credit of the well-knit and powerful arguments afterwards printed under the title of the taking up point by point the provisions of the new constitution hamilton by skilful argument drawn from the closest abstract reasoning the recent experience of the states and the history of foreign countries sought to show that the new constitution was based upon sound principles of government that it was well calculated to carry out these principles and that its acceptance was practically the only course open to the american people to insure for themselves the benefits of liberty prosperity and peace The Federalist, although a purely political argument, has survived the occasion which called it forth as one of the master documents of political writing.

When Great Britain issued the first orders in Council, directing the seizure of all vessels loaded with French produce, Hamilton declared the British order an outrage, and urged the fortification of the seaports and the raising of troops.

He exerted himself, however, to restrain popular passion and preserve peace.

he suggested to washington that a special mission be sent to london to treat with the british government the idea was cordially accepted by washington he desired to send hamilton but the virginia party headed by madison and monroe strongly opposed the appointment they were embittered by recent party conflicts and regarded hamilton as too friendly to british interests chief justice john jay of new york was then recommended by hamilton for the mission opposition was made even to jay but the nomination was confirmed april nineteenth seventeen ninety four and hamilton himself drew the outline of the instructions with which jay sailed from new york the conflict over the treaty which jay brought back in the following winter was one of the most bitter ever waged in american politics the contracting parties to the treaty the united states and great britain looked at the situation from widely different points of view jay secured the promise of the withdrawal of the british troops from the frontier posts and an agreement to compensate americans for losses through british privateering the last was an important concession because it covertly admitted the british position in regard to privateering to be in conflict with international law Some important commercial concessions were also made by Great Britain, which were regarded at London as purely gratuitous.

But the treaty failed to secure any compensation for the claims of American citizens for Negroes and other property carried away by the British troops, and American vessels were forbidden carrying to Europe, from English ports or even from the United States, coffee and the other chief colonial products.

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John Jay.

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