. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen. hat Congress and theirfriends who, leaving Washington to manage anunpaid, starved, and ill-equipped army in Amer-ica, and Franklin to meet constant drafts, equipa privateer navy, and soothe with promises a Kingin France, were plunged in the depths of politicalinconstancy and financial imbecility. It was thenthat Washington wrote: I should in one word say that idleness, dissipation and extrava-gance seems to have laid fast hold on most of them. Thatspeculation—peculation—and an insatiable thirst for riches seemsto have got
. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen. hat Congress and theirfriends who, leaving Washington to manage anunpaid, starved, and ill-equipped army in Amer-ica, and Franklin to meet constant drafts, equipa privateer navy, and soothe with promises a Kingin France, were plunged in the depths of politicalinconstancy and financial imbecility. It was thenthat Washington wrote: I should in one word say that idleness, dissipation and extrava-gance seems to have laid fast hold on most of them. Thatspeculation—peculation—and an insatiable thirst for riches seemsto have got the better of every other consideration and almost ofevery order of men. That party disputes and personal quarrelsare the great business of the day whilst the momentous concerns ofan empire—a great and accumulated debt—ruined finances—depreciated money-^-and want of credit (which in their consequencesis the want of everything) are but secondary eonsiderations andpostponed from day to day—from week to week ae if our afwear the mo^tWomising aspect. ^-5^:^^^. TUK WALLACE HOUSK AT 60MKRVILLK. 218 NEW JERSEY AS A OOL
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