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INSTRUCTIONS TO WILLIAM CARMICHAEL. 265
JAY'S INSTRUCTIONS TO WILLIAM CARMICHAEL.1
Cadiz, January 27th, 1780.
You will proceed to Madrid with convenient expedition, and if M. Gerard, with whom you set out,
should travel too deliberately, I advise you to go on
before him. The propriety of this, however, will depend much on circumstances, and must be determined
by your own discretion.
On delivering my letter to M. Galvez, it would be
proper to intimate, that I presumed it would be more
agreeable to him to receive my despatches from you,
who could give him information on many matters
about which he might choose to inquire, than in the
ordinary modes of conveyance. And it may not be
amiss to let him know, that his not receiving notice
of our arrival from me by M. Gerard's courier, was
owing to a mistake between that gentleman and me.
Treat the French Ambassador with great attention
and candour, and that degree of confidence only
which prudence and the alliance between us may
prescribe. In your conversations with people about
the Court, impress them with an idea of our strong
attachment to France; yet, so as to avoid permitting
them to imbibe an opinion of our being under the
direction of any counsels but our own. The former
will induce them to think well of our constancy and
good faith; the latter, of our independence and self-
respect.
Discover, if possible, whether the Courts of Madrid
and Versailles entertain, in any degree, the same
1 Jay's Secretary of Legation.
| Title | The correspondence and public papers of John Jay - 1 |
| Creator | Jay, John |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000296 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | INSTRUCTIONS TO WILLIAM CARMICHAEL. 265 JAY'S INSTRUCTIONS TO WILLIAM CARMICHAEL.1 Cadiz, January 27th, 1780. You will proceed to Madrid with convenient expedition, and if M. Gerard, with whom you set out, should travel too deliberately, I advise you to go on before him. The propriety of this, however, will depend much on circumstances, and must be determined by your own discretion. On delivering my letter to M. Galvez, it would be proper to intimate, that I presumed it would be more agreeable to him to receive my despatches from you, who could give him information on many matters about which he might choose to inquire, than in the ordinary modes of conveyance. And it may not be amiss to let him know, that his not receiving notice of our arrival from me by M. Gerard's courier, was owing to a mistake between that gentleman and me. Treat the French Ambassador with great attention and candour, and that degree of confidence only which prudence and the alliance between us may prescribe. In your conversations with people about the Court, impress them with an idea of our strong attachment to France; yet, so as to avoid permitting them to imbibe an opinion of our being under the direction of any counsels but our own. The former will induce them to think well of our constancy and good faith; the latter, of our independence and self- respect. Discover, if possible, whether the Courts of Madrid and Versailles entertain, in any degree, the same 1 Jay's Secretary of Legation. |
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