Question

To the People of the State of New York: IT IS not a new observation that the people of any country (if, like the Americans, intelligent and well informed) seldom adopt and steadily persevere for many years in an erroneous opinion respecting their interests. That consideration naturally tends to create great respect for the high opinion which the people of America have so long and uniformly entertained of the importance of their continuing firmly united under one federal government, vested with sufficient powers for all general and national purposes. Based on this excerpt, John Jay thinks Americans are

Answer 1

Answer:

... intelligent enough to continue to be united.

Explanation:

John Jay was one of the Founding Fathers of the U.S. He was in favor of a strong, centralized government. In this excerpt Jay makes the indirect statement people of any country (if, like the Americans, intelligent and well informed) that Americans can be considered as mentioned above.

Then he states that Americans, being intelligent and well informed, will continue to unite themselves under one federal government.