. The great American book of biography . to Heavenfor liberty will be impious. ... I believe God governs the world, and Ibelieve it to be a maxim in his, as in our court, that those who ask for equity,ought to do it. Again he .says : It is much to be wished that slavery may beabolished. . To contend for our own liberty, and to deny that blessing toothers, involves an inconsistency not to be excused. Jay continued on the bench of the Supreme Court until 1794, when hisservices were required as special minister to England, to adjust the differencesbetween the two countries, which were so great as
. The great American book of biography . to Heavenfor liberty will be impious. ... I believe God governs the world, and Ibelieve it to be a maxim in his, as in our court, that those who ask for equity,ought to do it. Again he .says : It is much to be wished that slavery may beabolished. . To contend for our own liberty, and to deny that blessing toothers, involves an inconsistency not to be excused. Jay continued on the bench of the Supreme Court until 1794, when hisservices were required as special minister to England, to adjust the differencesbetween the two countries, which were so great as to threaten war. His abili-ties as a diplomatist were shown by the treaty which he negotiated, under whichEngland paid over ten millions of dollars for illegal captures of American pro- GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK. 97 perty in the war for independence, and of which Lord Sheffield afterward said,at the breaking out of the war of 1812, We have now an opportunity ofgetting rid of that most impoHtic treaty of 1794, when Lord Grenville was so. ST. PAUL S, NEW YORK, AN OLD CHURCH OF JAY S TIME. perfectly duped by Jay. Wliile Jay was yet in England he was electedGovernor of New York, and was twice re-elected. He, however, declinedserving a third term ; and also declined a second term as chief justice, to which 98 JOHN JAY. he had been nominated and confirmed in iSoi. At the end of his secondterm as Governor of New York he retired from pubhc Hfe, and spent theremainder of his days on his estate in Westchester county, New Yortc, wherehe died in 1829. The character of Jay is clearly shown forth in the record of his life. Indevotion to his country, in clear judj^ment, in spotless integrity, he is not sur-passed even among the great men of his own time. He was modest, claimedno merit, and seldom alluded to the great events in which he took part. Hewas o-enerous and charitable, while at the same time exact and careful. It hasbeen beaudfully said of him that He lives in our memories a flawless sta
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