The public services of Gouverneur Morris to 1787 . Congress. only the radicals met since the conservatives ignoredthe meeting (1). Ihis meeting elected Goiiverneiir Liorris as oneof the deputies from .Vestchester (3)» This did not orove tliat hewas a radical at this time because the radicals were wise enough toelect a number or men who were rather moderate in order to concil-iate the the conservative class (4). At the same time he dis-played a strmg nationalistic attitude because his first act in theProvincial Congress was to support a resolution that implicit obed-ience be give
The public services of Gouverneur Morris to 1787 . Congress. only the radicals met since the conservatives ignoredthe meeting (1). Ihis meeting elected Goiiverneiir Liorris as oneof the deputies from .Vestchester (3)» This did not orove tliat hewas a radical at this time because the radicals were wise enough toelect a number or men who were rather moderate in order to concil-iate the the conservative class (4). At the same time he dis-played a strmg nationalistic attitude because his first act in theProvincial Congress was to support a resolution that implicit obed-ience be given to the Continental Congress (5). Due to a decided-ly conservative element the resolution was laid on the table \ V/hen first took his seat in the .?rovincialCongress, he entered on a public career v/hich wai: to continue, with (i) Becker, Political Parties in the irovince of :iew York, 202.(3) Sparks, Gouverneur Morris, I, 36 . ! (4) Becker, Political Parties in the Province of :;;ew York, 206. (5) Sparks, Gouverneur !iorris, I, 36. 8 but fev; intermiSw^ions, to the time of his death. Even aiiring thoseperiods when he did not hold a pnblio office, his thoughts wereconstantly in the realm of politics and public affairs. His char-acter was admirably fitted for the career he was to follow. In thefirst place he had absolute confidence in himself, and he oftensaid that in his intercourse with men, he never knew the sensationof fear or inferiority, of embarrassment or awkwardness fl). Hewas gifted with the power of ready speech, and could always thinkstraight to the point. His keen sense of humor distinguished himfrom most of his contemporaries, but it, in the end, lost himmore friends than it made him, because of the bitter satiricalturn it often took. His most prominent bad quality was his ab-solute disbislief in all human honesty, and distrust in an motives,no matter how good and sincere they might be. While in the Provincial Oongress, Morris rapidly devel-oped into a
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